swaddle

She told police she had learnt how to wrap and swaddle babies on the job, and had had no formal training in how to put children down to sleep.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

“We knew absolutely nothing about child care. We needed someone to show us: This is how you change a diaper, this is how you swaddle, this is how you wash a baby’s hair,” said Zhu.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2024

Can you imagine a daytime talk show host asking the late Madeleine Albright to swaddle frightened voters?

From Salon ● May 1, 2024

The word “overbundle,” meaning to swaddle a newborn too tightly, appeared for the first time in The Times yesterday.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

She’s wearing a halter and I hold on to it, but mostly she stays still as I swab out her nostrils and swaddle her throat in flannel.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Chasing down a comment on male-imposed expectations — and, more subtly, self-imposed ones — her macro lens swaddles everything in consumable lushness.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024

There’s the Ostrich Pillow, a gray “ultimate cocoon” that swaddles your head so you can rest it on the tray table.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2019

It lives in the unglamorous and sleepless postpartum haze of breast pumps and swaddles.

From Washington Times ● May 2, 2018

Part of the appeal of Karp’s methods for calming babies was that they didn’t require anything fancy, not even the pre-made swaddles that are sold today — any old blanket would do.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018

The puke swaddles down the pillow onto the sheet—green-gray, with flecks of orange.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

I swaddled it in paper and successfully completed my introductions with a non-moist handshake.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

At a store selling harmonic healing devices, I watched a man cradle a swaddled Chihuahua within a 9-foot-tall golden pyramid structure in an attempt to heal the dog’s vertigo.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Kerr's explosion of joy after he crossed the line and swaddled himself in a Saltire - having conducted the crowd during his final few strides - made that clear.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Sloth jaws and sabertooth fangs and a truly astonishing amount of ancient vertebrae — all of it will be swaddled, catalogued and crated for the next two years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

Her hair was swaddled in a beautifully printed scarf tied the same way Ella wore hers at night.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

How familiar too is the fact that his little feet have kicked free of his swaddling, revealing 10 bare toes and the underside of one foot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

Toler said she enjoyed her quiet morning swaddling the monkey and was happy it would receive the care it needs at the Oakland Zoo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2025

"I pulled him up, I was swaddling him and I walked him up the hill."

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024

Other statues represented gods and goddess, but also men, women and small children, wrapped in swaddling cloths.

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

Now Hamlet begins to cry in my arms and struggles against his swaddling clothes.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein