cushioned

Example Sentences

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Cushioned by critical public services, helicopter demand suffered less of a battering from COVID-19 than the grounded airline industry.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2022

Cushioned by family money, he had a bluffer’s attraction to risk.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2019

Cushioned by the illusion of time created by his six-year contract, he thought he could convince some of those cynics and outlast the others.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2014

Cushioned by comforts that most of their fellow citizens can scarcely imagine, they nonetheless feel as if things were starting to go pear-shaped.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2012

And further say I have a sled Cushioned in blue and painted red!

From Love-Songs of Childhood by Field, Eugene