cradle
noun
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
were cradling
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past progressiveof cradle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“This is seven months of work,” he said, standing before a team of officers in bulletproof vests who were cradling Colt M4 semiautomatic rifles.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2016
As I approached I saw that they were soldiers, their uniforms stained with the mud of the Tigris valley, Americans, for they were cradling US Army assault rifles in their arms.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2014
These swells were more like a rising in the water, a lifting that seemed to come from the earth itself, as if a hand were cradling and holding the Frog.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
When Abraham Lincoln was running for the legislature the first time, on the platform of the improvement of the Sangamon River, he went to secure the votes of thirty men who were cradling a wheatfield.
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
