Example Sentences

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“I was my mother’s only daughter,” Ms. Phillips notes, “the one who would inherit the dishes, the cradles, the women’s things, and the stories.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In Greenford, west London, Sir David gently cradles a tiny harvest mouse before releasing it into a meadow.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

This caped crusader effortlessly cradles a colossal Bible in the crook of his left arm.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

If it seems to many of us that Jones has been with us since we were in our cradles, that’s because he was.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

Lays him on a towel, cradles his head.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell