- present participle of swaddle.
swaddling
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During “Divinize,” four performers stand in front of Rosalía holding long, diaphanous sheets that billow up to the rafters before reeling them in, swaddling the singer like a baby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
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
Now it felt like a cocoon swaddling me.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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