coddle
verb (used with object)
to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper.
has coddled
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present perfectof coddle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Even Sophie Zhang, a former Facebook employee whose whistleblowing helped reveal how her onetime employer has coddled the BJP, wrote that she was “90-95% sure” the documents cited by the Wire were “fake.”
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2022
Tanaka's constituents, whom he has coddled for decades with favors and gifts, continue to swear their undying allegiance to him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Koch has coddled builders with tax breaks while their towering, ego-driven projects block out the sun, overload already groaning services and paralyze traffic.
From Time Magazine Archive
My mother has coddled me so long; she loves doing it; and I let her because—well, because she is my mother.
From Imprudence by F.E. Mills Young
