mollycoddle

Example Sentences

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He was also critical of what he called a culture of "hiding behind words like 'wellbeing'" and "mollycoddling" children.

From BBC

His passion for her grows to such a pitch that he starts bounding up stairs instead of crawling over them like a mollycoddled toddler.

From Los Angeles Times

For all the female agency on display, Barbie still has to placate and mollycoddle the insecure Ken.

From Salon

I went from my parents’ mollycoddled child to an adult that had to do their own laundry.

From The Verge

“I don’t think we can be mollycoddled to live in a bubble the whole time.”

From Washington Post