coddling
Example Sentences
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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
But, at the same time, Munn is someone who does not want any special treatment or kid-glove coddling because of what she has experienced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
The hosts of the summit treated the university, battered by accusations of coddling antisemitism, as a business-school case study on leadership in higher education, complete with a slide presentation on its plummeting reputation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
He hath been sold at eight from his mother's side, and now must daily watch another boy enjoy coddling, plaudits, and idleness.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
