Example Sentences
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Cradled in the boom’s massive embrace was what they were looking for, and knew they’d find: a vast whorling jumble of trash.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022
Cradled inside is a spherical TV monitor roughly the size of a basketball.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2021
Cradled in his palm is a small piece of carved stone with ancient hieroglyphics.
From BBC • May 10, 2019
Cradled in my arms, gently jawing my hand in his mouth, he's as docile as any lapdog.
From Slate • Dec. 16, 2011
Cradled up in her arm she was holding on to her doll.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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