Example Sentences

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He and his wife they flattered and cockered her up.

From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

He was wondering how it should never have occurred to him before that the scared little white-faced thing might have fallen into kindly hands, and been nursed and cockered up and made a lady of?

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

But, as I say, the highest desires are neglected, and the lowest are cockered and pampered, and so the taste is depraved.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander

What's the House of Commons that it should be cockered up with the truth?

From Phyllis of Philistia by Moore, Frank Frankfort

"You have, I dare say, been cockered up at the Marchesa's with made dishes."

From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony