cradle - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • dock: Smart card reader Some of these features are enabled by using a ` docking cradle ' provided with the base unit.
  • rock: Pram has 2 positions and converts into a rocking cradle with 2 positions.
  • connect: Once you have connected the cradle for the first time, you will not have to reconnect the cables each time you get home.

Adjective modifier

  • desktop: A desktop synchronization cradle with an extra battery slot also comes in the box.
  • wooden: A wooden cradle, designed to carry two at a time, was found to be too heavy.

Modifies a noun

  • cap: Cradle cap can be loosened with a mixture of salicylic acid in aqueous cream, which is then washed out with baby shampoo.
  • swing: The grant will pay for the installation of flat and cradle swings and a swing barrier.
  • frame: The engine is now a stressed member of the new double cradle frame which translates to better rigidity and stability.

Noun used with modifier

  • doll: The plain handmade wooden train, doll cradle or circus animal is most often the.. .
  • steel: But, in the last weeks, the object will actually appear more like a husk caught in the web of its steel cradle.
  • cat: Here's how to make a cats cradle using your fingers.

Possessives

  • cat: Every road in London would be a cat's cradle of tangled cables.

Preposition: of

  • civilization: The Middle East has been called the cradle of civilization.
  • civilization: You may then decide to take a step back in history and head for Athens, the cradle of western civilization.
  • Christianity: The cradle of Scots Christianity is St Martin's Abbey, by the Loire near Tours.
  • mankind: I think the true image of Ethiopia is a country which is the cradle of mankind.
  • revolution: The British dubbed the Green Dragon Tavern as " the cradle of the revolution " and war broke out soon after.
  • democracy: The United States, the cradle of democracy, the leader of the free world, is behaving like us.

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