pamper
verb (used with object)
to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care.
had pampered
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past perfectof pamper.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Sample case: A puny soldier of 25, whose father had been a "strong man" and wrestled with a Russian bear and whose mother had pampered him.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had pampered my conceit with a notion that I was a martyr in the cause of genius and enlightenment.
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Thomas Hughes
It was the natural result of the way in which at home they had pampered his vanity, and never checked his faults.
From Julian Home by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar
But it was only when long-continued indulgence and immunity had pampered them to excess, that laxity of morals became flagrant or general.
From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by James Conway Walter
I thought of my fashionable companions, who had pampered me, and courted me, in my palmy days.
From The Doctor's Daughter by [pseud.] Vera
