pacifier

Example Sentences

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And it turns out there’s an ingenious, inexpensive little invention that combines the pacifier with the medicine syringe.

From Slate • May 17, 2026

Prior studies have shown that non-nutritive suckling on a pacifier produces data that can be used to evaluate breastfeeding.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

As a counterpoint, Tiny alleged in the footage that that’s where King was allowed to use a pacifier until he was 12.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

About a third of the kiddos in most classes at the two Seattle area high schools where I teach have just checked out and use them as a pacifier.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

As I bounced the baby on my lap, Kiki listened to me, patiently catching a dropped pacifier and offering it back to the baby.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith