cosseted
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An otherwise urban-dwelling sophisticate, he cultivated a rustic demeanor for France’s benefit, uncharacteristically donning a coonskin hat and simple clothes to impress cosseted aristocrats and ordinary Parisians alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“But I seem to have been cosseted in some way that I couldn’t get to the writers’ room.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
I cosseted my weary garden with clover, practiced patience, saw the vanity of overwork.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2023
Much of his life was spent in the cosseted luxury of a five-star hotel.
From BBC ● May 14, 2023
She cosseted herself with no false ideas as to the nature of the work which she proposed to undertake.
From Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope
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