Example Sentences

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College coddling ends in the real world, writes Callum Borchers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Indeed, Secretary Warfighter’s need for constant coddling is being ever more severely exposed as this scandal unfolds.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

But, at the same time, Munn is someone who does not want any special treatment or kid-glove coddling because of what she has experienced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

From the first measures of this live recording of the premiere at Minnesota Opera, conducted with impressive cohesion by Lidiya Yankovskaya, the swarming strings and piercing winds affirm that there will be no coddling.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

As a Russian, Boukreev came from a tough, proud, hardscrabble climbing culture that did not believe in coddling the weak.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer