How to Use rocking horse in a Sentence

rocking horse

noun

• Safe for kids 18 months and up, this rocking horse is made with birch wood and is built to last as the family grows.
  — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 23 Nov. 2022
• This adorable unicorn rocking horse is low to the ground for safety, and it’s made from a soft fabric that toddlers will want to hug.
  — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 11 July 2023
• The set of six ornaments includes a rocking horse, bird, snowflake, heart, reindeer, and a stocking.
  — Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2023
• Her body sways backward and forward like a rocking horse being pulled along on a dolly.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2020
• The rocking horse is a common family pet, and many adults have fond memories of these playful beasts.
  — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2012
• Our daughter’s wooden rocking horse rests on an overhead shelf, its racing days long over.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 12 Jan. 2022
• At first, there were just 176: simplistic, highly pixelated icons such as a heart, a soccer ball and a rocking horse.
  — Barbara Ortutay, Houston Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2018
• Or perhaps a graveyard of rocking horses, a strange stone marker on an island, or old trophies under a bridge.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• There’s the underdog horse and the horse who brings the family together in unexpected ways; a child, free with gladness, atop their first rocking horse.
  — T Kira Madden, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• The festival has backdrops for staged photographs too, including a sleigh and a giant rocking horse.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2019
• Other elements like the flamingo crib sheets, fluffy llama rocking horse, and curtains are also pink or have pink accents.
  — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 22 May 2018
• Visible are a comfy-looking piece of white lounge furniture, a rocking horse, a large lamb toy, a white dresser and a pink-and-white butterfly mobile.
  — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 21 May 2018
• Other items spotted in the playroom include a collection of rocking horses, a ball pit with an attachable slide, and an art easel for painting.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 13 Feb. 2020
• Haenke's watercolor depicts a menagerie of children's playthings, rocking horse, teddy bear, toy soldier, train set, etc., spilling from a toy chest.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 11 Feb. 2020
• Theo sets out to help patch up his new friends, a threadbare angel, a rusty tin soldier, a robin that has forgotten how to sing, and a rocking horse with an indiscriminate appetite.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
• Ulyana Sergeenko’s couture label uses an iconic rocking horse as its logo.
  — Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• Among the items lost to the fire were original paintings, photographs from her childhood and an antique rocking horse that, according to family lore, Richard Nixon rode on as a baby.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2022
• Emanuel and Servant both take place in large Gothic houses with ornate wallpaper and antique rocking horses.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2020
• The video concludes with Grace, grinning, riding a mechanical rocking horse in the full purple Batgirl costume, complete with goggles and a leather jacket.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 24 Sep. 2022
• Among them were original paintings, photographs from her childhood and an antique rocking horse that, according to family lore, Richard Nixon rode on as a baby.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
• With a rocking horse on top and two Nutcracker soldiers guarding the two towers, this inflatable is definitely a gateway to memorable holiday fun.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2022
• As the warriors in their armor and plumed helmets march in circles, indulge in a drunken frat-party, and frantically ride a rocking horse (actually a deer), their antics recall Monty Python skits, but these absurd creatures have weapons.
  — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2021
• Among the oversized props that popped up during the walkthrough were giant plungers, oversized mushrooms everywhere, dancing toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste, a two-story bathtub, a titanic anthropomorphic toilet and a Vegas-sized rocking horse.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Dec. 2021
• Elsewhere in this early childhood education center in central China, youngsters are riding rocking horses, clambering on a jungle gym, thumbing through picture books, or taking part in group reading.
  — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 21 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 13 Aug 2024