Example Sentences

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Osman: I don’t think that respecting people’s existence is coddling, to be very frank.

From Washington Post • May 18, 2016

Q. How much truth is there in the repeated Russian charge that the Japanese are circumventing Allied demands and MacArthur is coddling them?

From Time Magazine Archive

He has become a favorite whipping boy for the people who believe that the nation is coddling criminals, and a distinct issue in the 1968 presidential campaign.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Labrador has taught me one truth, which as a physician I never forget, that is, coddling is the terrible menace of civilization, and "to endure hardness" is the best preparation for a "good soldier."

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir