cosseted

Example Sentences

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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

“But I seem to have been cosseted in some way that I couldn’t get to the writers’ room.

From Los Angeles Times

I cosseted my weary garden with clover, practiced patience, saw the vanity of overwork.

From Scientific American

Much of his life was spent in the cosseted luxury of a five-star hotel.

From BBC

Larded with unstinting parental praise and garlanded with unearned laurels, these cosseted children arrive at college thinking highly of themselves and expecting others to ratify their complacent self-assessment.

From Washington Post