cosseted
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The characters she plays in that show and in this film are financially cosseted but psychologically adrift, bumping along from one middle-aged frustration, or humiliation, to the next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Is there a benefit to being ignored by the industry — you don’t end up cosseted or overly corporate — at least as far as your stand-up goes?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
I cosseted my weary garden with clover, practiced patience, saw the vanity of overwork.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023
Much of his life was spent in the cosseted luxury of a five-star hotel.
From BBC ● May 14, 2023
She watched over us, gave us needed reproof and commendation, rarely cosseted us, but rather made us laugh at what many would have considered the hardships of our lot.
From A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) by Lucy Larcom
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