swaddle

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

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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

I get the kids out the pool, swaddle em up in towels.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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

They purchased supplies for the baby — a portable crib, diapers and wipes, a breast pump, onesies, swaddles, shampoo.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

The device includes a “sleep sack” that swaddles babies up to 6 months old who are not able to roll over consistently.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2023

Saran Rat: A trap that swaddles rodents in clear plastic film.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2019

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

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

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

Based on those, she had thought that she had been abandoned in the street, her brother swaddled on her back with their names and ages pinned to their clothes.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Like many people, my garage and closets are littered with the detritus of modern life—from stacks of paperbacks and fancy china to a fussy tea maker, still swaddled in its box.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025

"With Love, Meghan" is like a Calm app episode with a host swaddled in creamy neutral tones.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025

As we talked, their baby—a tiny newborn with a pink face—lay swaddled in a blanket on his chest.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

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

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024

Many people here treat their monkeys like children, swaddling them in cribs at night and dressing them in diapers — cutting a hole for their long tails to peek through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

The model also urges hospitals to keep infants in dark, quiet rooms with their parents; to teach skin-to-skin bottle feeding and lactation; and to support swaddling, among other treatments.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

I was tempted to write my story, how I had washed ashore in an old skiff, a ruined letter and a ruby ring tucked into my swaddling.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk