cradling

verb

present participle of cradle
1
as in clinging

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2
as in watching

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cradling
  1. clinging
  2. watching
  3. grabbing
  4. nurturing
  5. clasping
  6. cultivating
  7. hugging
  8. attending
Verb
  • About 30 minutes later, the boy was found at the bottom of the river embankment clinging onto a tree while partially submerged in the water — and the dramatic rescue was captured on bodycam footage shared by CBS affiliate WCBS.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The limousine raced straight to Parkland Memorial Hospital—with Secret Service agent Clint Hill clinging to the back to shield the president from further bullets and to keep Jacqueline from falling out of the vehicle as the driver hit 80 mph.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of clinging
Verb
  • For well-off parents, watching a child push away a helping of vegetables is annoying but manageable.
    — Priya Fielding-Singh, STAT, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Murphy asked Scanlon, who was indeed watching his son play hockey at the time of the call.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of watching
Verb
  • MacKinnon was grabbing his right side in pain and skated off to the bench, never returning to the ice.
    — Jack Lowenstein, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • According to reporters with The Athletic, legendary manager Pep Guardiola is a top target to replace the outgoing Pochettino and would certainly be a headline-grabbing appointment.
    — Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of grabbing
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  • The legendary British art collector has spent half a century acquiring paintings, sculpture, and furniture, along with nurturing contemporary creatives as a formidable patron.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement A little emotions education goes a long way towards nurturing your well-being.
    — Juli Fraga, Time, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of nurturing
Verb
  • The upshot of this is that George, who works the room in a sharp gray suit, a few tattoos peeking out, has plenty of opportunities to charismatically make things right, shaking hands and clasping shoulders and sending over lull-filling drinks.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • But if the awards season goes as the streamer plans, a journey that began in Cannes with a rapturous standing ovation, could end with Los Javis clasping some golden statues.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of clasping
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  • People have been cultivating the plant for agricultural reasons for at least 6,000 years.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Luke Maxwell and Will Rowbotham, two of the manager-producers leading the charge in cultivating new generations of horror filmmaking talent, will spearhead the effort for 3 Arts.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of cultivating
Verb
  • On the other hand, a slower storm hugging the coast could allow snow to linger through Saturday.
    — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The quarterback was photographed hugging and kissing Brittany while also posing for pictures with his eldest child, daughter Sterling Skye.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of hugging
Verb
  • More important than even the connections that are made between the mentors and the mentees here are actually the relationships made among the people who are attending.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The lawsuits allege that Ouellette, who was 18 at the time, bought alcohol at Edgewood before attending a party at the Schultz Corporation, where multiple witnesses in the criminal trial testified that there was underage drinking.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of attending
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“Cradling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cradling. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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