swaddle
verb (used with object)
to bind (an infant, especially a newborn infant) with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement; wrap tightly with clothes.
will swaddle
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future tenseof swaddle.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The potato flavor isn’t particularly notable, but the chocolate-dipped vanilla cone you can get afterward will swaddle you in a dreamy, childlike warmth that will erase any memories of what you previously ate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2019
It will swaddle them instead in this luxe theater steps from slot machines.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2017
She will swaddle the sheep like a new-born baby and lay it in the cradle.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
