marriage … swaddled him in a domesticity he came to loathe—Nina Auerbach
Examples of swaddle in a Sentence
He swaddled the baby in a blanket.
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The implication of Drake’s observation was undeniable: massive, intense radiation belts swaddled the planet, effectively forming a kill zone for unshielded spacecraft.—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024 Consuelos then laid down and crossed his arms while Ripa, uh, swaddled him in the cloth.—EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024 The 34-year-old actor wore the same swaddling Leset coat in the city on Friday—that time with brown cords by Essentiel Antwerp—before taking her short film, Loser Baby, to TIFF in the very back-to-business combination of blue jeans, a berry manicure and a Gucci monogram blazer, again in brown.—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024 The collection starts at just $12 and includes pieces to swaddle and cozy up with babies ranging from premature size to 5 years old, plus there’s even a matching robe for mom in two iconic prints seen throughout the collection.—Ariel Scotti, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for swaddle
Word History
Etymology
Middle English swadelen, swathelen, probably alteration of swedelen, swethelen, from swethel swaddling band, from Old English; akin to Old English swathian to swathe
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