- present participle of coddle.
coddling
Example Sentences
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But the report only briefly mentions grade inflation—which it calls a “flattening of distinction”—and fails to connect how coddling students leaves them less prepared for the workplace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Indeed, Secretary Warfighter’s need for constant coddling is being ever more severely exposed as this scandal unfolds.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
The notion of creating a safe space for an audience to experience a work of theater tends to provoke the tough-guy purists, because it sounds like coddling.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
When we’re formulating policies for children as a whole rather than coddling our own little angels, we fall scandalously short.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
I was too old for coddling at that point.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
