cradle
Example Sentences
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The nation’s cradle has been preparing for its big year: The Museum of the American Revolution is fresh off a million-dollar renovation, and the National Constitution Center will debut new galleries.
“I picked him up off the floor, cradled him in my arms, and we drove him to the animal hospital.”
From Los Angeles Times
In Greenford, west London, Sir David gently cradles a tiny harvest mouse before releasing it into a meadow.
From BBC
The former coal-mining region was a cradle of Europe’s chemical industry in the 19th century thanks to big local coal mines, later becoming central to East German industry.
Audience members, seated in neat rows and cradling cocktails, enthusiastically applaud.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
