rocking
Example Sentences
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Sleep training can mean slightly different things to different people, though generally it involves letting the baby cry without rocking or comforting them so that they can, ideally, learn to self-soothe.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
Stimming, or self-stimulating behaviour, includes arm or hand-flapping, finger-flicking, rocking, jumping, spinning or twirling, head-banging and complex body movements, according to the National Autistic Society.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
That trend isn’t yet rocking the overall labor market, which showed solid growth in March after a weak February.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Set against the distant Blue Ridge Mountains, it depicts a favorite Southern activity—akin to her widely admired maple-sugaring paintings set up north—embellished with details like the tiny rocking horse on her front porch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
My head felt dizzy, maybe because of the rocking motion of the boat or the hum of the engine.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
