pacifier

Example Sentences

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“Was just reading today that newborns will suck on a pacifier more vigorously if it triggers playback of a recording of her/his mother’s voice than another woman’s voice,” Tramo wrote to Epstein.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

The software records data as an infant sucks on the pacifier and compares that data with information from other infants.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

About a third of the kiddos in most classes at the two Seattle area high schools where I teach have just checked out and use them as a pacifier.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

She called herself a "human pacifier" and reluctantly started co-sleeping before realizing she needed to make changes before going back to work.

From Salon • May 12, 2023

When a mother—harried, in heels—clip-clopped past her, Madeline Ryan scooped up a pacifier thrown out of the stroller and raced after them to hand it over.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng