dandle
verb (used with object)
to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
had dandled
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past perfectof dandle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I could see the stream where Denna and I had dandled our feet.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
For three days he had dandled a new-born joy, to find it stark upon the fourth….
From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates
She had seen Walter and Cicely married and had dandled their babies.
From The Eldest Son by Archibald Marshall
Now who would think this was the little quiet girl I had dandled on my knee, and told her tales of storm and war that made her shudder?
From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar
His father had dandled him up-side-down, ending with, There now!
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
