(1) Sherlock, I used to dandle you on my knee when you were a boy; you and your beloved cloth giraffe!

(2) He longs for grandchildren to dandle on his knee through his dotage.

(3) But he still has time to smile at his wife, and dandle his daughter on his lap.

(4) Kuzovkin, embroiled for decades in a hopeless suit for possession of another estate, is overjoyed by the reunion with Olga, whom he, years ago, dandled and indulged with quasi-parental affection.

(5) He rumpled the boy's straight dark hair as he dandled him on his knee.

(6) She dandled the fruit playfully, kissed it several times, and pretended to juggle it, while laughing with a delicious babbling brook of a laugh.

(7) Serena, who was only a girl herself, dandled the doll impressively before her bewildered eyes.

(8) So what if Sweeney buys drinks for Rachel Rabinowitz or Aunt Helen's footman dandles the second parlormaid?

(9) A warrior who had dandled strong men in his arms like infants will never suffer himself to be dandled in the arms of others.

(10) I pictured my sister, opening drawers while dandling her newborn, and swearing under her breath.

(11) After Macbeth consults the witches in Act Three, they put him to bed, where he awakens after having dreamed of dandling babies, reading tales to his children, and enjoying the other benefits of family life.

(12) Rather, my first thought is of the scene in which Tom (wonderfully and perfectly portrayed by Nick Nolte) dandles a priceless violin out the window.