| 单词 | cradle |
| 例句 | And then she was walking down a runway, roses cradled in her right arm. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Clear vats shaped like cradles hold floating babies. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He was looking at the root ball she cradled, at the garden all around her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He picked up the little body, cradling it in his palms, and found his tears flowing fast. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then Piggy was standing cradling the great cream shell and the shouting died down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z At last in slow motion one of the soldiers turned his head so that his cheek was cradled between the girl’s legs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One overcast morning, as I was pushing the boiled egg around on my plate, Ali walked in cradling a pile of chopped wood. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The girl was weeping in her chamber, while Dame Brisen arranged the cradle for the little boy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer did he wear the proud, somewhat disdainful look he’d worn when walking seriously along through the woods, his pipe cradled in his arms. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Bloom cradled the phone, and, bowing his head, pressing his palms against his eyes, he shed a few quiet tears. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Paine, here’s what we’re going to do now,” she said, plucking the phone off its cradle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Antain had just finished the final carved details on the headboard of a cradle—a sky full of bright stars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She kisses each twin on the forehead and later makes strings of folded paper cranes to hang above their cradle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She took the bundle and cradled it lovingly in her embrace, as if it were a fragile baby. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “When he found her, he stood there like he was in shock or something, cradling her stiff little body in his arms, and then he screamed like a wounded animal,” she told us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I pick up baby Hamlet in his cradle of rushes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Black cradled his forehead in a broad palm for a moment, then tore it away and said defiantly, “I said, ‘Go lose yourself.’” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z In his fist he cradles a derringer, the sort of pint-size pistol favored by ladies and cardsharps. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Her violin was cradled on her shoulder and she was zipping through various etudes—short study pieces her music teacher insisted she practice every day. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z For a littlun he was self-confident, holding out his hands, cradling the conch as Ralph did, looking round at them to collect their attention before he spoke. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Later, I saw her walking past my room cradling the vase. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Marble mermaids lit the way as Davos climbed, bowls of burning whale oil cradled in their arms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I see one of them, his face upturned, fall into a wire cradle. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a gentle motion, not scary, like being in a cradle for grown-ups. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no idea he’d hurt me until he saw me cradling my arm at the site. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He cradled my hands against his chest while Meir bound my wrists together with the braided cords. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He bends and picks me up, trying to cradle my right leg in the crook of his arm. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z About a hundred feet away, the wreckage of the Berg lay cradled between two giant oaks almost as if it had grown there like some sort of giant metal flower. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The robot gently cradled the fragile thing in her hand. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Sansa dried her own tears as she struggled to comfort her friend They went to sleep in the same bed, cradled in each other's arms like sisters. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They went more slowly than Ralph had bargained for; yet in a way he was glad to loiter, cradling his spear. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Pa and Uncle Henry were out in the field, cutting the oats with cradles. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As I placed the receiver back in its cradle, I pondered the call for a few seconds. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She rocked the cradle and in a moment the babies were asleep. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His other arm cradling my head like a pillow. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z An old man with a turnip cradled against his chest said, “You kill us, you starve us, now you want t’ make us slaves.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z These dirty, devil things that would give the sweet Baby Jesus doll nightmares in his cradle? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede and Fin rounded an outcropping of rock that jutted from beneath the Academy’s iron foundation and stepped onto the North Beach, a crescent of unmarked, light brown sand cradling the sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Angelo wanted to take my picture, so he posed me behind my pig, one hand cradling the rifle across my chest, the other resting on the animal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z What about a little motor attached to the cradles to rock the babies to sleep? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A cradle of life, made of bones; and within, hazards, warped proteins, bad crystals jagged as glass. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Since its homeland includes the Fertile Crescent, the cradle of Western civilization and animal domestication, ancient peoples must have experimented extensively with onagers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Other times I saw a man with an ax chopping wood, and sometimes a woman cradling a baby at her breast. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He sat there, keeping me cradled against his chest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z My lips curled into a dumb sort of smile, and I barely even registered the clatter of a receiver leaving its cradle or the rattle of buttons tapping out a number. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I curl my fingers to make a cradle for the baby, my other hand an awning. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The receiver shook a bit in its bone-colored cradle, so I could tell it was really ringing. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I kneeled in front of it, still cradling Ayanna, and looked at High John. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A car pulled up to where Noa stood, cradling her broken hand. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I lowered the phone into the cradle and stared at it for a long time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The screen shows an old black-and-white photograph of a Klansman in full regalia, his hood cradled in his right arm, gazing proudly into the camera. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She cradled it in her hands until it caught fire and then hurled it away from us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Princesse stared at the painting for a long time and then she picked it up, cradling it as though it were a child. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I saw the delicate, pink-mottled claw meat poking seductively through its blanket of mayonnaise and the bland yellow pear cup with its rim of alligator-green cradling the whole mess. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z At night, moonlight and starlight bent toward the baby, flooding her cradle. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The next morning on the set, Abby had Tater cradled in her arms. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He places the receiver in its cradle and sighs. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The man reached out, gently cradled the back of Olakunde’s skull, and forced my friend to look down, and then to fall upon his knees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He turned to take a sight on the far shore, cradling the oarhandles, taking the pipe from his mouth to wipe his chin with the back of his hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She puts the rifle in my hand, which is heavy, and I cradle it against my chest because my fingers are not long enough to wrap around its stock. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I could picture him in my mind standing on top of the stone wall by the woodlot, the Brown Bess cradled under his arm, waving at us. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The clinging white mist made all the wires that crisscrossed the city stand out like a cat’s cradle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then he pulled me around to face him, cradling me in his arms like a small child. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Barely five feet tall, Elizabeth cradled her books in her arms as she desperately searched for the right place to enter. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Without a word, Arturo cut through them all, cradling Maribel, trying to keep her still, walking quickly toward the truck while I hurried behind them, afraid to look, afraid to know what I already knew. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He would hang his head and cradle the fly or the fish in his long hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When I arrived at the restaurant that night, Dad was outside, cradling a phone between his neck and his shoulder. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z ‘I’ll just put baby in his cradle here, and if he doesn’t go right to sleep you rock him a little with your foot.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So we carried the cradle down and Dilsey started to set it up in her old room. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She cradled baby Lai on her chest, and her mother spread a shirt over them, as if Nguyen had just given birth. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z This premier city was the cradle of ancient art and architecture, as well as the site of both the Hanging Gardens and Tower of Babel. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Pomp asked him of the sea’s lore, and he told us tales of sea-waifs in cradles of kelp, and the glowing corposants that crawl ship’s spars when guilty men keep crimes embosomed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Looking into her face, he cradles her and gently rocks her back and forth before bending and gathering Chou into his arms also. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I nuzzle the cloak Arabella gave me, pulling it more tightly under my neck, and I cradle my waist-pouch full of dragon eggs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He got in their way so they couldn’t swing the cradles. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They laid down their cradles and went across the field to him. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Soldiers in uniforms and helmets, cradling their rifles, towered over her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And he picked off several hundred sea cradles and put them in his wooden bucket. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I cradle Hector in one arm and give him the bottle with the other, just like my mom does. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He was slumped over with his head cradled in his arms. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried his pipe in the cradle of his left arm, close to his heart. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He was a stout boy with braces so heavily rubber-banded that his mouth looked like a cat’s cradle. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He cradled a small metal chest in his arms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at me, cradled both of my cheeks in her hands, and kissed my forehead. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Exhausted and extremely concerned about his missing teammates, he sat down on his pack at the edge of camp, cradled his head in his hands, and tried to figure out how he might rescue them. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z All night—because feverish Mirabelle would not sleep except in motion—she cradled Mirabelle in her arms and paced the length of the room. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His left ankle rested on his right knee and he cradled a mandolin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He took her nipple in his mouth and cradled her other breast in his callused palm. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her husband, a burly man in baggy pants and sky blue turban, cradled an infant in one arm and thumbed prayer beads with his free hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Not until the sun has risen do they finally close their eyes, side by side in the black wrought-iron cradle lined with striped blankets that already awaits them, despite their early arrival. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Most will sail through from cradle to grave with a conscience clean as snow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could eat him up! But that would be robbing the cradle, eh?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I cradled my slapped cheek in my hand. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Rajar was at her side in an instant, murmuring something, cradling her body as it slumped to the floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z This peninsula, part of the same geological formation as the Andes Mountains, reaches north from Antarctica like an outstretched arm, cradling the Weddell Sea. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Never in his life had Edward been cradled like a baby. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Free even to knock her in the head, for he had already cradled that head in his arms. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The singing woman quieted down and, humming the tune, walked through the crowd toward the rose-petal lady, who was still cradling her stomach. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama sighed in exasperated confusion but kept walking, the coffee can cradled in her arm. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Richard cradled his wineglass and wondered if tightening his grasp any further would crush it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They cradled her head and sang lullabies to their lost children through her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Shmuel ran after her, knelt by her side, and cradled her in his arms. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In a metal-wire wastebasket was a basketball and a football and a baseball mitt still cradling a stained and scruffed-up ball. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Down either side of his thighs he felt the sweet gum’s surface roots cradling him like the rough but maternal hands of a grandfather. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembered impossible things, like being cradled and held close and told over and over by her mother that she was loved. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Unshaven and cradling his pipe in his right hand, Welles took his seat in front of flash and newsreel cameras. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Then he pointed at the woman standing by the elevator with her back to them, cradling a pink yoga mat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I asked, and put the beeping receiver back onto the cradle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z So Phylo rolled it in to stand beside her, heaped with fine spun stuff, and cradled on it the distaff swathed in dusky violet wool. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was cradling Sally in his arms, a stunned look on his face. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I asked him, a mug of coffee finally cradled in my hands. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z All the articles of his trade were filed away on the coast, sea cradles here, octopi here, tube worms in another place, sea pansies in another. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Needles lay there cradling his wrist with his other hand. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I wrap my arm around his neck and cradle him, rocking back and forth. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mom hands me a bouquet of red mums, which I cradle like a Miss Preteen Sampaguita. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The king seated himself, cradling his wine cup. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Neither man nor woman, neither and both, cyclic, lunar, metamorphosing under the hand’s touch, changelings in the human cradle, they were no flesh of mine, no friends; no love between us. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Folks cradled sleeping infants in their arms and held youngsters by the hand or propped up on their shoulders. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I knew that those hills cradled the mysterious Hidden Lakes, but I had never been there. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For comfort, I tried to cradle Quixote, our gray and white cat who was missing an ear, but he growled and scratched at my face. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was something long, slightly curved, and resting in a kind of saw-horse cradle. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Pima collapsed to the deck, whimpering and cradling her hand. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Her mother was wearing a hospital gown and cradling a baby: Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Sergio puts his arms together like he’s cradling an imaginary baby. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He tested his radio, unwrapped a candy bar, and sat back with his rifle cradled to his chest like a teddy bear. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the crazed look in Hyacinth’s eyes, or the fact that she was cradling a strange yet adorable kitten in her arms, but her siblings did not stop to argue. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The rock tore and scraped at my skin as I cradled it to my chest and staggered across the yard to dump it in the new pile. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She leaned forward to offer him biscuits from the bone-china platter, which she sometimes, secretly, cradled like a baby after the washing and drying. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She puts the receiver back into the cradle and returns to her work. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A young Hindu couple, the wife cradling a boy, the husband dragging a suitcase, passed between them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Mine just be born. A little girl” She cradled an invisible baby in her arms. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She sat on the floor and rocked the cradle back and forth, back and forth, until the baby went to sleep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She cradled her head in her arms and closed her eyes. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And there was a cradle beside the altar, a blue cloth draped over it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Bodega then cradled her face in his hands. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The hairs on the back of her neck rose as she approached the cradle, but it was empty, and the blood was long dried. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then she bolted the door, took Héctor out of his cradle, and sat on her rocking chair, nursing him. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z His father leaned against the doorjamb to the living room, the phone cradled on his shoulder. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m afraid my equipment conversations nearly always ended up like that somehow, with the talker retiring with hurt feelings and a piece of formerly prized equipment cradled to his chest. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She cradled its head with her pale hands. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Jim had his hand on his head, idly cradling it while he read the sports page of the Welch Daily News. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Practically from cradle to grave, black men in urban ghettos are treated like current or future criminals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She sprawled over the chair with a bottle of kachasu cradled in her arms. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I also saw something shocking — right in front of me, at the kitchen table, my dad was slumped over a pile of papers with his head cradled in his hands. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The Assassin gasped, cradling her injured hand to her chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I look at the baby cradled in my arms. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She cradles the soy with her other arm then puts out her hand. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He cradled her face, with his thumb just brushing the point of her chin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I picked her up and cradled her in my arms. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Small hands reached up from within, and the woman went to the cradle and lifted out a baby. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He almost made it back to the chopper with the wounded man cradled in his arms. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As he pressed it in with his thumb, there was a clicking sound as it slipped beneath the metal tines that cradled it and solidly held it in place. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A soldier tumbled over Cat's gunwale, cradled off the oars, and sank. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They set the pots on top of metal stands that cradled Crimson orbs to keep the food bubbling and hot. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z My wounds recovering, my mind still a bit foggy from the venom, and the warmth of Rue at my side, her head cradled on my shoulder, have given me a sense of security. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Ahhh,” you murmured, cradling it in your hands as if it were the most beautiful thing ever. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He has the howling cat cradled against his chest. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His hand cradles my cheek in his palm. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He said they both cried when they saw me cradled in the doctor’s arms. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He saw me cradling my wrist, touched the blood on my ear. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He cradled the sad, small bundle that had once been the wisest and oldest mouse of Redwall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was cradling his head in his arms, still making those small noises, like a hurt animal. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t say anything else, so I cradled the phone. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Love, in a pretty yellow dress, was lying a-top the sheet on Granny’s side of the bed, her head cradled in the crook of Grandpa’s left elbow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z 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. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I placed this toadstool inside my basket, making sure that it was cradled by the alpaca wool. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z With practice, Saxe realized that he could cradle the pen gently in his hands while leaning on his elbows, snapping perfect images. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There’s even an antique cradle with Mister Johnny’s old baby bonnet and silver rattle that I swear I can hear tinkling sometimes on its own accord. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He collapsed, sat cross-legged, and cradled the device in his hands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "That's all he said," she reported, cradling the phone as she typed out an e-mail to the list of interested parties. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Passing me, she swooped up the hen in her arms and proceeded to cradle it as she apologized to me again. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She pulled me up and cradled my head in her arm. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She cradled and lifted the head to rinse it, taking care not to get the soapy water in Ruth May’s eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I hurried along the tree line, cradling the cigarettes and the pen in my pocket. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The clinging white mist made all the wires that crisscrossed the city stand out like a cat’s cradle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I poked around in the pantry and came out cradling a bag of Doritos. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Great sacrifice, great rewards!” he said then, letting both hands fall heavily from the shoulders, and with all my soul I coveted the delicious weight of goodness he cradled in those palms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the center of the room ran an underground river, and Tyson was sitting by the banks, cradling Grover in his lap. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She jerked on the floor of Mona’s cottage, and in the fortress the woman snarled at the baby and threw it, hard, against the edge of the cradle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Poor little soul,” said Mistress Owens, taking the boy from her, and cradling him in her capable, if insubstantial arms. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He was cradling something in his arm, while the boys talked in hushed, excited voices. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Tall for her eleven years, Nya could switch the handle from one hand to the other, swing the container by her side, or cradle it in both arms. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He cradled the hedge apple gently in his hands. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He was reclining on the lounge chair which had been his cradle during his trip through space. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I gulped as I replaced the receiver in its cradle. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He suffered a stroke while alone at his home in Clanton, Alabama, managing to drag himself to the telephone, grab the cord, and pull the receiver off its cradle. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She falls to the ground, cradling her head in both hands, groaning. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Hodor lifted Bran as easy as if he were a bale of hay, and cradled him against his massive chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The doc looked up from where she knelt beside a huge man cradling a limp, skeletal body in his massive arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But it was too strange to lie on a mattress, to have silk caress her skin and a pillow cradle her cheek. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Dr. Finch rose and thrust his hands into his pockets, drew them out, and cradled his arms behind his back. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Richard took his mother’s hand and cradled it in his much larger ones. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He climbed down carefully, cradling everything in a net bag he found in the galley. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I watch as she cradles the butterfly in the palm of her hand, whispering instructions that Ma and I can’t hear. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He cradled the ring in his big, callused palm. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She cradles him in her arms like a baby. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Then she put both her hands on my face, like she was cradling it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, she cradled the cigarettes in her hands as if they were money. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Jessica stood up, then reached up to cradle each of their faces in her hands. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The barrel had to be carried on a specially made car consisting of a steel cradle straddling two extra-long flatcars. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Matt settled in a corner with his head cradled in his arms to protect his face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Up in her room she cradled her injured arm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She sat cross-legged on my bed, cradling the full glass of OJ. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Corporal MacIntyre lay on his back under a bed cradle because he could not bear the touch of a sheet on his skin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “When they slaughter thirty babies in their cradles, they call it necessary.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z On a dais, as if it were a throne, was a cradle made of crystal. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She put an elbow on her desk and cradled her head in her palm. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I sit in the hall with the cradled telephone, and what I hear is their bodies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A woman huddled, partially hidden by a winter-bare shrub, cradling a baby, trying desperately to keep it quiet. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I sat with my kgs crossed and my rifle cradled on my knees. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the fullback kicked the ball back toward his own goaltender, who only had to cradle it and run out the clock. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z While filling a definite order for octopi, Doc could replenish his stock of the cradles. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It gives way beneath me and cradles my body. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Wormtail, slumped on the ground, cradling his stump of an arm. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z One has a drawing of a gorilla cradling a baby elephant. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Grandmother put the phone in its cradle as a terrible frown settled on her face. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “That would explain it,” he said, cradling Duuzuu in the crook of his arm. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z They stood in the open door, cradling the flagons against their chests and staring wide-eyed at the corpse of Khrazz. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I carefully pressed the thorns off their stems with my forefinger and thumb before laying them on the cradle of her shirt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Around the table, we are cradling our heads in our hands or rubbing our tired brows with shaking fingers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The Polish girl slept, the baby cradled in her arms. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her dad was sitting on the couch, cradling his mug of steaming coffee, a thick book opened before him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z "You're a prince! Kings and such-like are learned to write and read soon as they tumble out of the cradle. Don't think you can pull the wool over our eyes. Hop to it!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, don’t make it sound like you’re robbing the cradle or something,” Dimple said. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A fire burned on the stone hearth, and nearby was a rocking chair and a cradle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A few minutes later Tess was back, her arms cradling at least fifteen pairs of shoes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A helmet hit him where he cradled the ball. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Some women did indeed spend their days in rote service to the day’s task, plotting data with blithe indifference, routing torrents of numbers as nonchalantly as the calculating machines they cradled. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I cradle it in a stack past Bobby and Human Being—who’s now explaining how his real last name is Green and that’s what he needs, some green—back into the office. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He could see the men in the boat next to his; one of them had lit a cigarette and the glow of its tip was visible, though he’d tucked it down inside his cradled palm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z This is the story I believe in: When God was a child, the Rift Valley cradled a caldron of bare necessities, and out of it walked the first humans upright on two legs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you tell her what happened?” my mother asks, guiding my hand to replace the phone in its cradle. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Isa cradled the business card as if it were a priceless gift. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The Near East became the cradle of civilization: to be civilized, after all, means to live as a citizen, a town dweller. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Here are Mr. and Mrs. Roodveldt, I presume, cradling a baby in a white dress, behind a table with a cake on it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Without stopping, and with extremely poor posture, he continued across the room, cradling something close to his narrow chest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She kisses one of the glass cradles, then wipes away the smudge left behind by her rouge-stick. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z William cradles a book by Saint Augustine in his big hands. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I cradled my parcel to my chest and began walking. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Princesse watched the couple from a safe distance, cradling her portrait in her arms. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Could she, the actress asked Dr. Leale, cradle the dying president’s head in her lap? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After Linda helped the kids undress or roll up their trousers, she settled herself on a large warm rock, cradling their clothes in her arms. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw deep and the ball sliced through Marcus Grant’s fingers and fell to the turf, but Grant deftly cradled the ball in as if he had caught it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s dressed in a black gown, cradling her cello and laughing with her head tossed back. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z She leans forward, cradles her head in her hands. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Slowly, I place the receiver back in its cradle. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Now he was slumped over in his seat, an open book cradled in his hands. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As long as my sisters couldn’t climb its trunk to get to the cradle, I’d always have a place to go. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I remember David telling me that when I was a baby, he would rock the cradle if I was crying. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Instead of cradling her roses, she dangles them at her side, as if at any moment she might need to use them as a bat. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She stood before me, and before I realized what I had done, I picked her up and cradled her close. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced up at the remaining Violet orbs swinging overhead, cradled in his reflective inventions. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Each glass ball was cradled in a cone of tinfoil. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Children didn’t suffocate in cradles or iceboxes or fall under trucks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Taylor stood and paced with the baton cradled in her arms like a winner’s bouquet. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Then she slowly replaced the receiver in its cradle and said, “It’s time to go!” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She fled to his breast and he cradled her close and stood to face the children, and Lyra thought for a crazy second that his dæmon had appeared at last. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We helped the weary surfmen and then their passengers, who crouched wide-eyed and shivering in the cradle of the hull. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He cradled his little sister in his arms and kissed her until her face was wet with his tears. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So the kids in Chokecherry all grew up together—like from the cradle. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z My heart jumped when I heard the doors slam and the sound of the two big posts fall into their metal cradles, one locking the door from the inside and another from the outside. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He slipped his lockpicks from the lining of his coat and cradled the padlock gently, almost lovingly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I take out a granola bar and cradle Flannery’s complete stories in my lap. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Mom had her hair in a ponytail, her mouth was open like she was talking, and she was making a weird two-handed gesture, like she was cradling an imaginary volleyball. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He puts an arm around my waist and slips the other one under my knees to readjust me so he’s cradling me like a baby. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I set her arms so she could cradle the baby—as if the mother were a doll. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony went to a bedside and plucked at the sleeve of a soldier who lay faceup, cradling his arm which had slipped its sling. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her finger moves to the cradle, ready to press down. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At first I think she means her phone, but it’s her headphones she’s cradling in her hands. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The gray-haired man continued for a moment to hold the phone to his ear, then lowered it into its cradle. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The prince lay in the grass, whimpering, cradling his mangled arm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Dr. Martin cradles the bird and slowly lowers the eaglet inside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I hop on my bed and cross my legs, cradling the book in my lap. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z "My hand," the guardsman yelped, cradling his broken fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Hit don’t matter, son. Like I used to tell yore granny, ever-which side I’m on is the right side. She always said hers was the one next to the cradle or closest to the kitchen.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She had bent over the infant cradled against her, with a look of pure astonishment. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I cradled the phone in the crook of my neck while pulling on boxers and then shorts. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He dropped to his knees and cradled her lolling head in the crook of his arm, barking at her, “You hurt? You hurt, Pilate?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The Church rocked through time—a cradle, an ark—to rhythms of sorrow and joy, marking the passage of man. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw him twist violently to the left in his hip cradle, trying to turn even farther to the left, away from the hill. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Lou is twenty-five years old, dressed in a leather jacket, handsome, cradling Tommy in the crook of his arm in the bleachers at a high school football game. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Once Molly rests the phone back into the cradle, Axel stops. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What if her memories of her parents—her mother full of grace, bronze and dark and smelling of earth; her father cradling her chin when he dropped her off at Nin’s—were fabrications too? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Cradling her head the way Ralph had cradled the fish skull, she cried. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t put it to my ear, the motion too foreign, so I placed it gently back in its metal cradle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He picked up Lila Goodchild, cradling her in her opaque bag like a sleeping child, and placed her carefully on the table in the chilly mortuary, as if he were afraid to wake her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I saw the woman cradling the baby in her arms, just as I used to. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Even though it was a bright sunny afternoon aboveground, the deep well that now cradled Gulliver was a dark, dark place. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z And Ruth May was exempt from hope chest, but was allowed to lie in a hammock with us and make cat’s cradles out of yarn if she promised not to run off and break something. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hyperborean was cradling a Native American totem pole wrapped in furs, humming to it like a baby. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The dwarf sat up, cradling his head in his hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But when I climb into that leafy cradle, it’s like floating on treetop mist. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Back at the fire circle, Jinny opened the book, cradling its worn spine in one hand as she turned the soft, crumbling pages with the other. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Quentin and I sat in the backseat, gently cradling the rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of them was Lelia, sitting on the grass, cradling his dead blue head in her arms and lap and rocking on her knees. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Arya pictured a plump pink baby in a cradle, covered with plump pink leeches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She picked up Ulysses and cradled him in her left arm. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z She threw Héctor into his cradle and tore Papi’s clothes off their hangers by the bed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She tucked him tenderly into an old wooden cradle, and he lay in sleepy contentment, his dark face incongruous against a doll’s pillow. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His hand cradles the side of my head, his long fingers slipping through my hair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Jonas’s father wearing his nurturing uniform, entered the room, cradling a tiny newchild wrapped in a soft blanket in his arms. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z They burned the fields, the chicken coops, the bicycles, and even the cradles of newborn babies, in a noontime witches’ Sabbath that nearly made Trueba die of joy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I cradle my head in my hands, keeping my eyes shut so I can’t take in any new information. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When I get there, Frank is in his usual spot, but now Lenny is also there, sitting on the couch surrounded by classifieds with the phone cradled between his shoulder and his ear. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She closes her eyes, cradles the phone with both hands, and presses it close to her face. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Joana lay with her head on my shoulder, cradling the baby. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Caddy told Jason and Versh that the reason Uncle Maury didn’t work was that he used to roll his head in the cradle when he was little. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She noticed Kaede’s fingers cradling the hilt of the iron dagger as if it had always been hers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “My poor baby,” she murmured, cradling his head in her hands. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I cradled the book to my chest and turned to watch Mom as she slept, dark and dead to the world. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was hard work, walking around and around the field in the hot sun, and with both hands swinging the heavy cradles into the grain and cutting it, then sliding it into the piles. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat with her left arm cradled gingerly against her stomach. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She had the phone cradled to one ear, a steaming cup of coffee in her hand. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She cradled him and rocked him back and forth until even I could feel her warmth, her yielding softness. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When it was over Carl lifted the boy from the table and held him in the cradling manner one holds an infant. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Mom watched me from the doorway, cradling two cups of tea. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Armpit sighed as he set the phone back in its cradle. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The nun cradled the smallest, a shriveled doll with stick legs and a pregnant belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she would relent for a time and push us with the gentle hand of a mother rocking a cradle, and, exhausted, I would sleep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Waiting for another plane, he crouched fetally, his arms cradling his head and eyes tight shut, and thought only of survival. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She had been a cradle friend, the girl I played dolls with. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Trub nods and says, “I expect so. Africa’s called the cradle of civilization. Know why?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Darkness behind me, darkness ahead, the gas lamps sputtering in their glass cradles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I slumped into my train seat and turned to look out the window with my chin cradled in my hand, thinking back to when J.T. first came to public school. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He made up an address and put the vidphone receiver back on its cradle. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She cradled the tea in her scarred hands and blew on it to cool it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She would sit on an armchair near the kitchen door and I on the floor with my head cradled between her thighs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Ivan cradled one arm against his chest, face wet with tears. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She backed out of the nursery, cradling her hand as if it had been burned. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Baba hangs up the call and sits down on the chair I was in, cradling his head in his hands. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He covers me and cradles my head, kisses my wet brow, lips. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When it clattered to the linoleum, she brought her arms down, oh, so slowly, and cradled her breasts as though they were two mangoes thumbed over in the marketplace and pushed aside. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She cradled Fern while I held on to one of my mother’s braids, and fell asleep twirling her braids for their coarse and soft feel. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then she cradled the egg in her hand, warming it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Francie watched him as he crooked his forefinger and cradled the marble in it with his thumb behind it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was standing in the doorway in her nightwear, clutching the jamb, cradling her belly in one hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Both fell to the ground, cradling their injured parts and cursing each other. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The pecan tree made the perfect reading spot, with its far-reaching arms and its cradle high enough to keep me above fighting sisters or Big Ma when wash day came around. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Pong cradled his injured foot in his lap. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Ralph cradled the fish head with his two hands, stroking it with his thumbs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull A Wizard of Earthsea back off the shelf and cradle it in my hands. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The old man was still sitting by the fence cradling his leaf-crammed bottle of rum. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Our favorite swimming holes in the creek, which should have been swirling with fast brown water this time of year, were nothing but dry cradles of white stones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Home, where he could cradle the new baby pigs in the barn, climb the trees at the edge of the woods, throw snowballs at the posts of the clothesline. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She’s in her peach robe, cradling the phone to her chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He then commanded the water to form a cradle under Pond’s neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He paced in front of her with his left elbow cradled in his right palm neatly and his chin resting on his thumb. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The tall soldier sprawled before the fire, his long body stretched full length, his head cradled in one arm. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Ma’s putting up beans in jars, and all the while she hums to Shiloh like he’s a baby in a cradle, not a dog in a box. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The giant cradled his forehead in his hands. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Nailer cradled the spyglass in his good hand and peered at the distant beach. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z His left hand cradles the side of my face, and his warm lips kiss mine in a frenzy. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The figure was cradling a very nasty-looking gun in the crook of his arm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This was not the first time he had made such a cradle, and it was not the first time he had heard the term Star Child, though he did not know what it meant. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z We sit, slowly inching our butts onto the roof, cradling the trunk against our chests and on our laps. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z But on the same flat there are millions of sea cradles. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk over to the cradle where baby Virginia is sleeping. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A few hours ago he wouldn’t have thought it was possible to sleep when your life was in grave danger, but he’d actually fallen asleep, cradling Gulliver close to him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Now they shout loud, angry words at us while cradling rifles in their arms. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stop reading, cradle the phone against my chest, and close my eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She cradled it between her knees and began bailing with her drinking calabash for all she was worth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She had just settled down to read with the book cradled in her lap, and she unwrapped it in swift, smooth motions. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I anticipate rewards for goodness, and wait for the ax of punishment to fall upon evil, in spite of the years I’ve rocked in this cradle of rewarded evils and murdered goodness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His father had sat for five nights on a split-rail fence cradling a shotgun and in the end died protecting his property. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They bend over the cradle of the Nativity, or they hold Jesus on their laps. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A black pullover strap cradled his pistol holder. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Something cradled his neck and steadied his head when the jarring grew too intense. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She got on her knees and shuffled back to the painting, peering at it without the vertigo of standing upright, cradling her hand to her chest. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Yet there was only the muted hiss of the gas jets, safely enclosed within their milk glass cradles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She cradles him but stays focused on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Those who sat waiting cradled their pained faces with their hands. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z His hands could only come up so high, but it was high enough that he could cradle her bottom and put her face on his. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Two tiny black babies in one cradle—are they chocolate, do you think, or china?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He was now cradling the body parts in his arms. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She cradled his shoulders and wept into his scalp. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her step brother’s head was cradled on her lap, his eyelids half-shut and his forehead glistening. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We make for the rear, pull wire cradles into the trench and leave bombs behind us with the strings pulled, which ensures us a fiery retreat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd let the warm water run over me as I cradled myself in the fetal position. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Perchance was tucked in a valley surrounded by wooded hills like a baby in a green cradle. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I’d seen her picture not five minutes earlier, and in it she looked much the same as she did now, even cradling the same strange light between her hands. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z One of the men lifts and cradles me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I’d supposed he would be secured in the deepest dungeon that the Capitol had to offer, not cradled in the lap of luxury. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Our lives may be over before they’ve begun,” Jacob added, cradling his head in his hands. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And I was in his arms, cradled against his chest — floating, all the pain gone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Somehow my mom found the strength to cradle my little sister’s burned skull in her arms. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “It’s a code,” she said, the receiver cradled between shoulder and ear. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Colonel came in at noon, his thick ubermath book cradled in his arms. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “No one has time to be cradling no other man.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z In it she placed the bronze cradle in which her own three children had slept. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He held his forearms in imitation of a mother cradling a baby. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Did any of them take a shoe or a sock?” the Gran asked as she cradled Seven’s head in her arms. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He sat in the tub, cradling his broken camera in his arms. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z His sister sat nearby cradling a jug of water. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Selena pulled off her candy necklace and began playing with it, twisting it into a cat’s cradle. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He must have visited me when I was in my cradle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Sierra walked quickly to the other side of the scaffolding, cradling the phone with her shoulder. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I stuffed the bills into my wallet, and when the telephone receiver clattered onto its cradle I turned around holding nothing but a pack of Big Red. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z So I can't help the tears that leak out as Kimberly lays me back in the neck cradle and massages my head under the gentle flow of water. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Wormtail, his job done, dropped to his knees beside the cauldron, then slumped sideways and lay on the ground, cradling the bleeding stump of his arm, gasping and sobbing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She looked really alone, sitting there in the seat, with the harness around her, and her crippled flipper-hand cradled between her legs so I wouldn’t see it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She would heave a sigh and replace it in its cradle. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Still cradling Sumac, I dropped to the ground. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Even worse smells wafted from the waterway that cradled the Yards’ southern edge, a festering stew of blood and guts that bubbled like a cauldron. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Jacob was running after her, his arms full of books, and William was behind them both, one huge fist raised in warning, while his bloody arm was cradled across his stomach. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The two round yellow heads bent towards each other, and Momma’s strong hands cradled the back of Sammy’s little head. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, a clean, well-fed Jack slept for the first time in three years in a bed with sheets, a feather pillow cradling his head. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I cradled the white fluffy puppy in my arms. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He cradled the instrument in one arm and, almost before his fingers touched the strings, a gentle melody, as beautiful as the curve of the harp itself, lifted like a voice singing without words. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It looked like a cradle for the weapon. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She grabbed it from Nathan and cradled it with both hands like it was made of thin glass. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Hilda said, and at last I felt I had touched a human string in the cat's cradle of her heart. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But when he saw her face fall, he dropped her hands and cradled her face instead. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She gathered spongy moss and old oak punk to stuff into the cradle board and use as a diaper. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z We could see the muddy cradle of the banks through which the river ran. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She cradles my face in her hands and locks eyes with me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Her hands cradled it as if handling Einstein’s original paper on special relativity. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She remembered small moments, and these moments came to her now: A birthday cake cradled in her mother’s hands, with white peaks of frosting and animal crackers around the edges. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “How should I know?” answered Chief White Halfoat, staggering inside the tent just then with a bottle of whiskey cradled in his arm and sitting himself down pugnaciously between the two of them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I can feel it beneath the tips of my fingers, cradling parts of my naked body. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He cradled an artificial leg in his arms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She cradled her weapon and moved swiftly to the Special Forces hootch and followed the others inside. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z These swells were more like a rising in the water, a lifting that seemed to come from the earth itself, as if a hand were cradling and holding the Frog. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she’s pulling me close, cradling my head, whispering that I’m alive, that she is alive, that we are both all right, that she’s found me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "Look at that," the grandmother says to the young man at her side, who is looking at the baby in the neighboring cradle. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Five minutes later Mrs. B returned, Sabrina cradled in her arm, sucking on a pacifier. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It nuzzled blindly against Robb's chest as he cradled it, searching for milk among his leathers, making a sad little whimpery sound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He put his finger on the cradle and hung up the call. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The boat rested in a cradle on concrete foundations. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And that was how Sarai found him: lying on his stomach with his head cradled in his arms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It climbed trees to find nests; it crept into holes to find the young; it slipped through windows to find cradles. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She could see herself a child, rocking a baby in a cradle, rock, rock, rock; could see herself sick with the measles, walking the length of Cook’s trap line, in winter, shivering, eyes watering. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up Evan and dipped him under the nursing sheet, cradling him against her chest. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I don’t know whether it is morning or evening, I lie in the pale cradle of the twilight, and listen for soft words which will come, soft and near—am I crying? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He cradles my head in his hand as he kisses me deep, deep. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She accompanied Alys one morning to Bryns cottage, where the baby girl, now named Elen, was swaddled in layers of woven cloth and warmed in her cradle by wrapped stones made hot in the fire. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z So that if the baby stirred, she started rocking the cradle. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The baby was asleep in his hanging cradle, but Mami took him out, bundled him in flannel sheets, and handed him to me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Behind him, Kandar cradled its piglet like a child might hold a doll. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Bren cradles her chin in her hand and taps it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He cradled one of his childhood toys in his hands, a wooden duck. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Isaac reached over and found an egg himself from the carton Gus cradled. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z One woman wept as she cradled her nine-month-old infant, having just been told there was no milk to give her. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Homer watched her as she dressed, like a valet who had waited on her since the cradle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One couple leaned against each other as they walked, the woman cradling a limp child in her arms. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The ground buckled and swayed, but he held steady as she launched herself from the cradle of his fingers in a graceful arc. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As Baba moored the nauka, Neel climbed carefully out, still cradling the cub. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Ayanna accepted it and cradled it like a mother would a baby. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She rarely spoke, and played cat’s cradle with Plato during the service. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She cradled them in her arm, the way the other girls did, and pretended for a moment that they were hers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to say something, but then cradled his rifle and went off by himself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Anatole cradling me into forgiveness, while I rattled and shook with fever. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Doris was staring at her computer screen, cradling in her palms a mug that said I V FLORIDA. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He cradled his arm and stared at it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He’s cradling his Dreamers book in one hand now, and the shuttle’s control in the other. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Dilsey fixed the cradle and undressed her and put her in it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He returned, his eyes half closed even as he spoke, leaning on a carved crutch that curved under his arm like a smooth cradle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z His gloved hands cradled the pages as if they might crumble at his touch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then her head drooped, her eyelids closed, her hand started slipping, slipping, slipping away from the dark polished wood of the cradle. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She scooped up Tater and cradled him in her arms. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The candidates were huddled together to listen to a sermon in which the road of salvation was mapped out from the cradle to the grave. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z After a long time, the footsteps of the six men went toward the back door, and I heard the inside wooden beam lifted out of its cradles. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The eloko cradled its burned arms to its chest, screaming in pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Gold orbs cradled in folded paper cups floated among the lotus below. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Nayaraq carefully picked up her son and cradled him in her arms. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She cradled him, wrapped her arms around him, and slowly he relaxed against her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I cradled Jackie, and she put her head on my shoulder as I walked around the parlor. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched me carefully as he swung his legs over the side of the bed and sat up, cradling his shoulder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He started to rise and realized Boots’s head was cradled on his arm. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z That it was not the other way around is especially surprising, because Africa was the sole cradle of human evolution for millions of years, as well as perhaps the homeland of anatomically modern Homo sapiens. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we cupped the webbing. And then we pulled on the lead line. We made a sort of cradle with the net, got his legs inside it. Then we brought him in.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They remind him of how Matt would email him pictures of him and his buddies sitting on their Humvee, cradling their weapons. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He cradled his black kitten in his arms as he said a brief goodbye and escaped up to his apartment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Mom was cradling a bundle in her arms and giggling sort of guiltily, like she’d stolen a candy bar from a dime store. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then she looked at Archer, who was sitting beside her, cradling her hand in his bandaged one. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “This is Nutmeg,” I say, cradling her against my chest. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Capone takes Rocky in her arms and rocks him gentle and wide like a large cradle. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Alice had propped herself inside the bow, with her knees up over the front seat, so as to make her body and arms a cradle for Lyra. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He pulled it off his arm and into his hand, testing it, running it from hand to hand as if he was about to make a cat’s cradle. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The cradle has been turned towards her, but the tiny, wrinkled baby is not looking at the grandmother. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Trees, forced by the damp heat, found too little soil for full growth, fell early and decayed: creepers cradled them, and new saplings searched a way up. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Eager, a little scared, they did not even nap during the fourteen hours of a ride smoother than a rocking cradle. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sit up now...She held a little white enamel teapot and let them suck the water from its spout while she cradled their filthy heads against her apron, like giant babies. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The pneumatic pads pumped to cradle her crown. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He had learned their stories in the cradle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With a black kitten cradled in her hands, Prudence watched them find a safe comer for the hornbook. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He had wanted to keep it, to have something to remind him of what it felt like to be cradled against Javier’s chest, but it wasn’t right. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He and the cop linked hands and made a cradle. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z While the girls cradled their roses, the boys looked at them as if they were hand grenades. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He was sitting by himself, his rifle cradled in his arms, crying softly. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her favorite things to knit are dresses for the Baby Jesus doll that lies in a cradle on top of the wardrobe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "What's strange about a bedtime song where a baby falls out of a tree with his whole cradle? Why would you sing that to a baby about to go to sleep?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly Hannah noticed that one of the camp babies was still cradled in a washtub. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The second occupation, with its early and apparently independent development of ceramics, demonstrated something equally vital: Amazonia was not a dead end where the environment ineluctably strangled cultures in their cradles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z One picture was of Mom in the hospital, cradling a newly born baby Laleh. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Moss woke that night in a terrible sweat, his mother cradling him, shushing him and telling him that everything was going to be all right. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A hundred pool sticks of different lengths stand at attention in their cradles on the walls. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Archibald Yronwood had been cradling his prince’s scorched and smoking body when the Brazen Beasts had found him, as his burned hands could testify. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ann is sitting quietly watching him while baby Virginia sleeps in her cradle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the confusion he saw Dulcet cradling Boots and hurrying from the hall with the ever-faithful Temp behind them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the table, Horse, the ship’s carpenter, looked up from the enormous flask cradled in his shovel-like hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I nodded and swallowed the saliva collecting in my hungry mouth, cradling the warm bowl in my hands, and snuck a large pinch of rice. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z During his daytime naps, I'd wait for my mom to take a shower, and then I'd carefully scoop him out of his crib so I could cradle him in my arms. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He tried to remember exactly what he had seen in the dream, but all that came back was a mountainous horizon and the outline of the little village cradled in a deep valley. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She picked up the phone from its cradle and then stared at it, uncertain whom to call. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She realized she was cradling the cardboard canister as if it were a baby. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I’ve heard this speech, or one like it, often enough before: the same platitudes, the same slogans, the same phrases: the torch of the future, the cradle of the race, the task before us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat morosely with his elbows on his desk, cradling his chin in his hands. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Finally she slept, on the floor, by the cradle. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could also tell you that the children here are born with teeth and gnaw on bird bones in their cradles.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Whyn’t you keep them hands outen your pockets when you running you could stand up then Rolling his head in the cradle rolling it flat across the back. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As with the cradle, no one takes credit for it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Pretty Meris stood cradling a crossbow, her eyes as cold and dead as two grey stones. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But they dropped their cradles and ran to him across the field when they heard him scream. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He cradled the bottom of it with one hand, like a lady carrying an expensive purse. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He would have cradled it and protected it instead of extracting it from its nest with a scoop. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One night as I sat on the floor rocking, sleepless, deranged by exhaustion, cradling this innocent wreck of a baby, I just started to talk out loud. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa and Uncle Henry carried the cradles by their long, curved handles, and swung the blades into the standing oats. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z These creatures had no human traits, which made it much easier to cradle them, rock them, bathe them, and then throw them in the garbage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Life is like a mountain railroad With an engineer that’s brave We must make the run successful From the cradle to the grave. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Tears streamed down his face and he cradled the barrel of the shotgun in his arms as though it were the woman he had been begging for, searching for, all his life. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A cradle was a sharp steel blade fastened to a framework of wooden slats that caught and held the stalks of grain when the blade cut them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The only way Father could control both the rear rudders and the curving of the wings was with a kind of hip cradle. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as he was about to cradle it in his big brown loving mitts, it vanished. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After a time, the waves calmed slightly and cradled me up and back in their arms. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I gave him the breast and long after he was done, I cradled him there to help coax out the tenderness in his father. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lays him on a towel, cradles his head. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I cradled the blocks in my left arm, picking up one at a time to place it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She reached her arms up to cradle the back of his head and, with the skill of a champion, she broke his neck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Henry shuts and locks the door behind them, sliding one hand up the nape of Alex’s neck, cradling it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The failing heart I cradled in my arms would have stopped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Under one arm, he cradled a shoe box. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He wondered whether he could fight them all off with one hand, while he cradled half a dozen books or so with his free arm. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I hang up and cradle my head in my arms and bawl all over the freshly ironed tablecloth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Or he is crouched somewhere, cradling his head. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His mother caught up to him and cradled him in her arms. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He was cradling one of Mom's tubs of tzatziki in one hand and waving a frying pan in the other. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Stanley held the sack in front of him, cradled in his arms, instead of over his shoulder, to keep the jars from clanking against each other. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Throughout it all, I cradled the heartbeat beneath me and prayed the pulse wouldn’t beat so hard that it tired and stopped, that I wouldn’t lose Otto, too. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she noticed the young child cradled in Ann’s arms and smiled. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe how content Stephen Kellner looked, cradling me in his arms, his lips resting in a kiss on my fine baby hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There’s nothin’ to do but wait until the tide goes out and then somehow winch it onto the cradle before it sinks again. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Piggy glanced nervously into hell and cradled the conch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Ignatius cradled the lute and trumpet in one arm and the overnight bag in the other. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sien loves seeing the cradle, her wicker chair, and especially Maria. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She lifted his head again, cradling it gently as the blood from his shattered knee flowed between the patio stones, turning the sand in the cracks to red mortar, drying to brown. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Oh yes, Professorhead,” said Peeves, with the air of one cradling a large bombshell in his arms. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Katherine listened intently as her brother-in-law described the work, her thumb cradling her chin, her index finger extended along her cheek, the signal that she was listening carefully. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Away Gladys hurried, her slippers frantically clacking, delighted to be sent on such an important errand; then she was back, his leather briefcase cradled like the baby in her arms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She hesitated, looking upset, cradling her tea in her cold hands. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Just a sec,” Alec said as he placed his toy in the long cradle bay of the black thing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Kira picked her up, cradled her, and rocked her back and forth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now what?” the man asked once the scrawny dog was safely cradled in his arms. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Alfhercht dashed to him and held him up, cradling him in his arms. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Archer took the gun from its holster and cradled it in his hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z My pulse was a hand drum in the cradle of my gut. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Jabir picked up one of the smaller ones and cradled it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And a series of other sweetnesses that Ob had obviously cradled in his memory, looking for some way to bring them to life. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Wab carried the keys in the cradle she’d made out of the front her sweater and they slid against each other like low metallic groans. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z With sudden strength, she leans forward and takes the baby in her bony arms, cradling him close to her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At night I cradled his head on my lap and read him the Scriptures: The Lord is my rock and my fortress...the horn of my salvation...so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned the cradle towards him, and moved back so that he could see. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z After setting a ten-minute timer on the microwave, I lifted the phone from its cradle and dialed Thomas’s number. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z A high-pitched sound escapes from me as he cradles me in his arms. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Constance knelt to cradle her old friend’s head, and Matthias gently clasped the wrinkled careworn paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There was a crystal cradle there, and a rocking chair, and on the floor a smear of what looked like blood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They waded through the water and climbed back onto the path, with Neel still cradling the cub. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He rested his elbows on his knees and cradled his head in his hands. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Teenie cradled her son, whispering to him, singing to him, telling him stories. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama held him close to her, cradling his face on her chest. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She cradled her body close, and ran with Will under the cloud of dragonflies, stumbling and falling more than once, but holding the Lady gently against her heart all the time. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Gregor cradled his ruined hand to his chest and stared up at Archer from beneath his bloodied mop of hair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When I had for the most part stopped shivering, she cradled my head and brushed the hair from my eyes and called my name. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I roll onto my side, cradle my head in my hand, and secretly stare at Oscar’s madhouse face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z |
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