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Cradlesong (Noun)

The act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep.

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

As she rocked the baby in her arms, she softly hummed a gentle cradlesong to lull it to sleep.
Her grandmother used to sing a beautiful cradlesong to her when she was a child, and now she sang it to her own kids.
The new mother had written a special cradlesong just for her baby, and every night she would sing it to help him drift off to dreamland.
In the quiet of the evening, the nurse sang a soothing cradlesong to the little ones in the nursery.
The lullaby was actually a centuries-old cradlesong passed down through generations of her family, one that brought comfort and peace to all who heard it.

A quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep.

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Her soothing voice sang a gentle cradlesong to the fussy baby, slowly calming its cries.
The lullaby her grandmother used to sing to her was a traditional cradlesong that had been passed down through generations.
As the moon shone bright outside, the mother sang a soft cradlesong to her child, gently swaying back and forth.
The cradlesong the nurse sang was so calming that not only was the baby asleep, but so were the other children in the nursery.
The mother gently rocked her child back and forth, singing a sweet cradlesong that had been her own mother's favorite lullaby.