Example Sentences

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Better equipped to mother Boy No. 2 or stricken with learned helplessness from being coddled by an expert on my phone day in and day out?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

But the culture has been kind of coddled.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

He’s Theo James’ character in “The Gentlemen,” which is worth mentioning because that Netflix series makes the coddled aristocracy look suave and more action-ready than most of them are.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024

He will not be coddled like a king.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Eventually even the most coddled child has to grow up.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix