cradling
Example Sentences
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“And then this little girl came into my life,” Roker, 68, wrote, posting a trio of images featuring the newborn, including one of the proud new grandpa cradling the swaddled baby girl.
From Los Angeles Times
Wicks gained national attention as a symbol of the plight mothers face in the workplace as a photo went viral showing her cradling her baby while giving a speech on the Assembly floor went viral.
From Los Angeles Times
Dass was still cradling her newborn an hour later when a nurse announced the baby might be transferred to another hospital if she showed signs of withdrawal.
From New York Times
Rescuers can be seen tending to the children in the footage, with one man cradling a child in his arms.
From BBC
And then he put hands on his classmates, most of them Black or Latino — lifting them, cradling them, letting them put their hands on him.
From New York Times
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