cradle
noun
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
Example Sentences
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“I was my mother’s only daughter,” Ms. Phillips notes, “the one who would inherit the dishes, the cradles, the women’s things, and the stories.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The photo, a mirror selfie, shows Jepsen all smiles in a leopard-print bucket hat, white shirt and black shorts as she cradles her child, who wears a green-striped onesie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
In Greenford, west London, Sir David gently cradles a tiny harvest mouse before releasing it into a meadow.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
This caped crusader effortlessly cradles a colossal Bible in the crook of his left arm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
It was hard work, walking around and around the field in the hot sun, and with both hands swinging the heavy cradles into the grain and cutting it, then sliding it into the piles.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
