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The act of suckling her infant had symbolic importance, for she could plead with the son she had suckled as no one else on behalf of sinners she thought worthy of heaven.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had fallen overboard as a baby from the side of his father’s ship and been washed up on a desolate shore, where a female wolf had suckled him and kept him alive.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Dutch Debby sat beside Mrs. Simons at the table of that good soul's married daughter; the same who had suckled little Sarah.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

It would seem that, contrary to the orders of the mother, she had suckled the child.

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace

While they were engaged in this delightful conversation, the other maidens came in, along with Widow Repose, who was very concerned with Carmesina since she had suckled her.

From The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc by Rudder, Robert S.