dandle

Example Sentences

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Ropes dandle like a makeshift cape against her back.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023

Buy your house and invite your mother-in-law over to dandle the grandkids on her knees as much as she likes, but don’t ask them to move in with you.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2016

And as I recline next to Lillian Hellman, I dandle Miss Kathie's adopted baby on my knee.

From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2010

Queen Min used to dandle him on her royal knee.

From Time Magazine Archive

I wondered idly if it felt good, like when you dandle your feet in the water after a long day’s walking.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss