cradle

Example Sentences

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Longer consultations allow for continuity, she says, similar to when she started her career and family doctors gave "cradle to grave" care.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

As in a Newton's cradle, motion in this atomic system continues without fading.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

The service combines traditional music with symbolic gestures such as placing a statue of the baby Jesus in a cradle.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

He became king of Scotland in the cradle, following the abdication of his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

He and the cop linked hands and made a cradle.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers