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spoon-fed

[spoon-fed] / ˈspunˌfɛd /
ADJECTIVE
spoiled
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Other images include Susan being spoon-fed by her young granddaughter and her lying on her bed having forgotten how to dress herself.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024

I was largely content to live within those musically monolithic walls, supremely enjoying the fact that I'd been spoon-fed "In Utero" since I was in utero.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2023

These are sympathetic and moving sentiments to be sure, but being spoon-fed these messages isn’t all that interesting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2023

One of them, Shamim Salim, 26, was being spoon-fed soup by a well-wisher.

From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2023

He had opened a can of mixed vegetables for her, and then spoon-fed her, so she wouldn’t have to take out her arms.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer




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