Read full poem →Never a mated bird
In the rocking tree-tops,
Never indeed a flock or herd
Dictionary Entry
To move gently back and forth.
In a Sentence
“Rock the baby to sleep.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
chair rockingback rockingchairs rocking. rockingmotion rockinghorse rockingrocking gently
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Poetry examples for “rocking”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →suspension bridge to the docks on the other side. They
were jomed by Dengel, who approached them rocking
rhythmically, now pausing a moment to balance himself
Read full poem →Roar of the rushing train fearfully rocking,
Impatient people jammed in line for food,
Read full poem →Widow La Rue has returned
And is rocking on the porch--
What is about to happen?
Read full poem →A-rock-rock-rocking
To a mother-goose rhyme!
Read full poem →Like the mischief all the time,
Till it took me rocking, spinning,
In a dizzy, sunny circle,
Read full poem →You may not come in!
This is I that you hear rocking;
Nobody's with me, nor has been!"
Read full poem →An eight-day watch had watched she,
Still rocking beneath sun and moon
The baby on her knee,
Read full poem →From his nest by the white wave's foam,
And the rocking pines of the forest roared—
This was their welcome home!
Read full poem →C'est là qu'il vient, le soir, goûter l'air aromal
Et, dans sa rocking-chair, en veston de flanelle,
Aspirer les senteurs qu'épanchent sur Grenelle