CRADLED Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

cradled

verb

past tense of cradle

as in clung

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Verb

Ryder clung onto Nathaniel as waves repeatedly crashed over them.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
One man desperately clung to a light pole in Cambridge City as muddy, brown water swirled around him, before he was eventually rescued.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of clung

Verb

Alongside his brother Éric, Nicolas was a leading figure in French cinema — and the broader audiovisual industry — a passionate producer who discovered and nurtured some of our greatest talents, and a loyal partner of @canalplus.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
That’s why financial and business education should be nurtured as a core life skill—one that gives people the confidence to chart their own path.

— Kate Hayward, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of nurtured

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Village officials said the coyote grabbed a small dog from a yard in the Tangley Oaks subdivision.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Freeland grabbed at his back after delivering a pitch to Ben Rortvedt, who flied out on the play, and was removed after allowing four runs on six hits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of grabbed

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According to organizers, the lineup represents a mix of projects that have already gained recognition at major festivals such as Sundance and South by Southwest, along with films cultivated locally.

— Denis Akbari, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Over the past decade, Blank Forms has cultivated relationships with dozens of artists working across disciplines, engaged in experimental practice and cultural preservation.

— News Desk, Artforum, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of cultivated

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CFMoto Stopping duties come courtesy of Brembo, featuring dual 320-mm front discs clamped by radial four-piston calipers and backed by a 260-mm rear disc.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026
Sharon Rocha's mitochondrial DNA clamped in the jaws of a pair of pliers found in [Peterson’s] boat, [and] the presence of concrete debris in the boat cover that matched both the homemade boat anchor and the concrete debris on his flatbed trailer.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Definition of clamped

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That evening, Buttigieg attended a dinner at a church in Orangeburg, a nearly three-quarters Black city with a deep history in the Civil Rights Movement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
In October, Nash and Blue Ant Media attended the global content conference MIPCOM Cannes.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of attended

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The new mothers clasped their babies close as a pack of teenagers ran through the park.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
In 1975, as Cold War tensions thawed, an American commander and his Soviet counterpart clasped hands in space after their spacecraft docked.

— Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

Definition of clasped

Verb

As his daughter operated the wine press, Gobillard watched the year's first juice flow with a mix of excitement and anxiety.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Certain men have reportedly watched CCTV footage of their stupefied selves inexplicably helping their robbers gut their apartments of possessions.

— Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

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