Example Sentences

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This man has suckled a child with his own milk.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina

Another "has had ten children, all whom his wife has suckled herself; therefore humbly desires to be a schoolmaster."

From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by Aitken, George A.

Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them.

From Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools by Baker, Emilie Kip

Seldom does she relent towards those whom she has suckled unkindly and seldom does she completely fail a favoured nursling.

From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel