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

How much longer will the responsible citizens of Washington state and the United States have to bend over backward to accommodate and mollycoddle the irresponsible while the coronavirus continues to rage unabated?

From Seattle Times