coddle

I just think one of the cruelest things you can do is to coddle your child in a false reality versus helping them figure out the real reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Does Prada want to coddle you in an unravelling world?

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

But when things are rough, we don’t have to coddle each other.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025

This is all so he can coddle his sulky, wild teenage son while expecting Carrie to limit all extracurricular cuddles to her adopted kitty, Shoe.

From Salon ● May 29, 2025

“Indeed I am, Brother Jerome. I have often warned you that you coddle the boy.”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

In Zimmerman’s final pick, Rose’s mother visits and friction ensues when Rose coddles her too much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025

This boundary is crossed when your brother coddles his child while punishing yours.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2021

In an interview with USA Today, Montana spoke on the lack of mental preparation that QB’s are entering the League with — suggesting contemporary college football’s coaching as a system that coddles its play-callers.

From Fox News ● Oct. 8, 2021

I’ve asked him to talk to Alexis about it, but he says she’s just an anxious helicopter mom who coddles Casey, but they’ll both eventually move on from this phase and it’ll be fine.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021

“Shall we have a look at that horse then? I doubt it’s anything serious. Marlena coddles them terribly. Oh, here’s the little lady now. Come here, darling,” he calls brightly.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Better equipped to mother Boy No. 2 or stricken with learned helplessness from being coddled by an expert on my phone day in and day out?

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Dunk points out that his other two coddled sons, failures both, never lacked comfort.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

The death of Manzo — who cut a national reputation by insisting that officials coddled criminals — only heightened a pervasive sense of vulnerability, especially in places like Michoacán.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

The sauce, sweet from simmered-until-tender broccoli and savory with loads of garlic and anchovy, tastes lovingly coddled, like you cooked that broccoli forever.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

“You’ve never even been to a city, David. You have no idea how coddled they are. They spend their whole lives in a bubble.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

The lessons learned during those first two years helped me navigate future challenges and disappointments in ways that coddling never could.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Indeed, Secretary Warfighter’s need for constant coddling is being ever more severely exposed as this scandal unfolds.

From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025

Next season, while the Lakers are on vacation, are we going to see Austin Reaves in the playoffs wearing another team’s uniform because the Lakers traded him while coddling an aged star?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025

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