How to Use rocking horse in a Sentence
rocking horse
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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
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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
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The set of six ornaments includes a rocking horse, bird, snowflake, heart, reindeer, and a stocking.
—Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2023
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Her body sways backward and forward like a rocking horse being pulled along on a dolly.
—Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2020
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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
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Our daughter’s wooden rocking horse rests on an overhead shelf, its racing days long over.
—Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 12 Jan. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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The festival has backdrops for staged photographs too, including a sleigh and a giant rocking horse.
—Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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 | Mwake@al.com, al, 11 Feb. 2020
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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
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Ulyana Sergeenko’s couture label uses an iconic rocking horse as its logo.
—Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
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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
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Emanuel and Servant both take place in large Gothic houses with ornate wallpaper and antique rocking horses.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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