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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O'Brien Peck, 34, posted two photos of the pair's youngest son swaddled in his baby blanket with his newborn baby cap.—Kayla Grant, People.com, 3 July 2025 Here the memory of C. F. Seabrook, his multicultural workforce, and his vegetable factory is preserved, swaddled in gauzy nostalgia.—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 The upload showed their bundle of joy swaddled in the delivery room's bassinet, wearing a pink bow, sharing her name in the caption with a yellow heart emoji.—Kayla Grant, People.com, 2 May 2025 The combined visual effect is like being swaddled in a cashmere blanket.—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for swaddle
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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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