bassinet

Example Sentences

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Shen bought a used bassinet — which retails for $300 new — for $30, for example.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026

As the Eaton fire raged, lashing palm trees and devouring the Craftsmans of our L.A. neighbors, our daughter slept in her bassinet, unaware of airborne toxins.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

For example, some families may not have the means to purchase a crib or bassinet; a hospital might direct them to resources to help with that.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2024

“I was already buying their stuff, like the automatic rocker and the bassinet so the fact that they reached out was pretty cool,” she said in a telephone interview before heading to a studio session.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

Dad pushed him out of the way and rushed into the bedroom, where his first son was sleeping in a by now battered bassinet, on a desk once again covered with galley proofs.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey