Example Sentences

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Economists inside and outside the country argue that its safeguards have coddled Chinese investors, leaving them too willing to lend money to large companies with weak prospects for repaying it.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2021

Unfair or not, here’s a snapshot hard to forget: Randy Gregory, a player the Cowboys have coddled, as is their nature, takes a shot at a Seahawk directly in front of an official.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2018

Had I not decided that my daughter was teething a few months back, I wouldn’t have coddled her every time she woke up at night, and she might not have continued the habit.

From Slate • May 4, 2015

We have coddled the moron and starved the intelligent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maybe we should have coddled and humored them.

From Empire by Simak, Clifford D.