Examples of “cherub” in a Sentence

noun In art, a chubby winged child or baby's head with wings, often used to represent an angel.

• The ceiling fresco was covered in painted cherubs.

noun A child, or person, seen as especially sweet, innocent, or angelic-looking.

• Their new baby looked like a little cherub asleep in the pram.

noun In religious texts, a high-ranking type of angel described very differently from the artistic image — often as a strange, powerful winged being.

• The Bible describes cherubim guarding the throne of God.