security blanket

Example Sentences

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Thompson: It was a security blanket, isn’t it?

From Los Angeles Times

He crushed the cloth under his fingers like a security blanket.

From Literature

The Hurricanes punished him all night, sometimes legally, sometimes questionably, but he stayed composed, turning to unheralded receiver Charlie Becker as a security blanket.

From The Wall Street Journal

Only then, under the bright fluorescents, did he let the lighter go out, clutching it like a security blanket.

From Literature

Endries emerged as a reliable security blanket for Harris, who targeted him throughout the game.

From Los Angeles Times