cosseted
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Is there a benefit to being ignored by the industry — you don’t end up cosseted or overly corporate — at least as far as your stand-up goes?
From Los Angeles Times
The Supreme Court’s so-called conservative justices have variously been vetted, feted and cosseted by the Federalist Society, along with and other well-heeled enablers, to encourage unstinting partisanship.
From Salon
“But I seem to have been cosseted in some way that I couldn’t get to the writers’ room.
From Los Angeles Times
I cosseted my weary garden with clover, practiced patience, saw the vanity of overwork.
From Scientific American
Much of his life was spent in the cosseted luxury of a five-star hotel.
From BBC
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