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'cradle' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'cradle' with 4 example sentences.


cradle noun

: a baby bed with sides and rockers

: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

: birth of a person

: a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold

cradle verb

: hold gently and carefully

: bring up from infancy

: hold or place in or as if in a cradle

: cut grain with a cradle scythe

: wash in a cradle

: run with the stick


  • Greece was the cradle of western civilization.
  • The baby fell asleep in the cradle.
  • What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.
  • Hope is the walking stick, from the cradle to the grave.
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