cradle

He rightly calls Australia “the cradle of song culture in birds.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“I’ve had a strong relationship with salsa music since I was young, even though I didn’t grew up in a place that was a cradle for that genre.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

In the past 250 years, a nation once so fragile that it might have been strangled in its cradle has risen above all its major competitors and established itself as the world’s pre-eminent power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

She instantly rushed to cradle her son, thinking it would be "only a light tremor".

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Nokomis had to take him from her arms, and when she did Omakayas fell down on the blanket, arms still held in the cradle shape of her brother, and knew nothing all that day.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

“I was my mother’s only daughter,” Ms. Phillips notes, “the one who would inherit the dishes, the cradles, the women’s things, and the stories.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

For Sheffield guitarist and singer Richard Hawley, who has played with Pulp, The Leadmill was comparable to the other great northern cradles of live music.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025

This caped crusader effortlessly cradles a colossal Bible in the crook of his left arm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025

If it seems to many of us that Jones has been with us since we were in our cradles, that’s because he was.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

Lays him on a towel, cradles his head.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Shurtz, cradled his head and said a prayer, according to “Days of Anguish, Days of Hope,” a book based in part on the diary of the chaplain, who survived the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

"He really has such an endearing personality," she told AFP earlier this week as she cradled him at her home in the southeastern town of Villy-le-Pelloux.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

Jackson told reporters that he cradled King's head as he died - although other witnesses did not confirm that account.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

“The Housemaid” lives and dies by Seyfried’s hand, and she keeps the film cradled in Nina’s white-knuckled grip for each one of its eye-popping 131 minutes.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

And a series of other sweetnesses that Ob had obviously cradled in his memory, looking for some way to bring them to life.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

They focus on motherhood and love, with rounded forms cradling one another and calling to mind the work of Henry Moore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

“Coachella!” exclaimed Geena Davis, cradling her head on the table in front of her.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

To the left, “Painting and Sculpture” clutches a palette while cradling a miniaturized replica of the Dionysus torso from the Parthenon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Trump's spokeswoman -- who is best known for her acid put-downs of journalists -- posted a picture of herself in a nursery, cradling her baby daughter to her chest.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

He picked up Alvin and Beulah, cradling them one by one into the motorboat.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers