swaddling
Example Sentences
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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
Other statues represented gods and goddess, but also men, women and small children, wrapped in swaddling cloths.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023
She had vivid childhood memories of Linda swaddling her Raggedy Ann in an old kerchief and gently putting it to bed.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
