How to Use coddle in a Sentence

coddle

verb

• The judges were accused of coddling criminals.
• Try the coddled egg with trout roe and za’atar toast and the house coffee.
  — Perri Kramer, Bon Appetit, 6 Apr. 2017
• As a runner and a passer, the Ravens refuse to coddle him.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 24 Sep. 2020
• As a player, the Saints coddled Bush from the start, and that's how Bush wanted it.
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• Yet, this is who Kemp and the unidentified bailiff chose to coddle and cry over.
  — Kirsten West Savali, Essence, 3 Oct. 2019
• Other big brands have upped their game too, to coddle top clients.
  — Dana Thomas, Town & Country, 18 Feb. 2016
• Schaefer did not coddle the kids but got right back to business.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 10 June 2019
• Kadhi, like risotto, is a dish that needs to be coddled.
  — Priya Krishna, Bon Appétit, 24 Feb. 2020
• The knee needs to be coddled for the moments when it is really needed.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2019
• As a baby, I was coddled by my parents out of much love and concern.
  — Kavita Das, Longreads, 29 Jan. 2018
• We’re over the moon for these 16 formulas that coddle and smooth and protect every last inch of our skin.
  — Allure, 19 Sep. 2017
• There’s a gentle positivity to the day, one that wants to wrap you up in a blanket and coddle you.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• Children of the wealthy have often been coddled and have a sense of entitlement.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
• The point remains to all but the dimmest: Obama coddled, appeased, nurtured and protected the worlds No.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2020
• There is a lot of great TV that does not overexplain, that leaves us with real questions and doesn’t coddle us.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2022
• The youngest of seven children with four older brothers, he was not coddled.
  — Don Norcross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• As in the past, the jump seats aren't meant to coddle passengers on road trips and whatnot, but rather to provide extra space for people on short stints.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 25 Jan. 2023
• After all, even the most coddled, opulent bird will set you back less than a similar amount of steak or lamb will.
  — Elizabeth G. Dunn and Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2018
• Your feet might be your most essential outdoor tools, so coddle them.
  — Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Dec. 2019
• For this reason, some growers coddle their plants in containers for one, even two, years.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2018
• The environment, the companies, and the culture all coddle you.
  — Matt Sheehan, WIRED, 13 Aug. 2019
• In the past, BYU has been happy enough to nudge and coddle opponents as an independent.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2021
• The point remains to all but the dimmest: Obama coddled, appeased, nurtured and protected the worlds No. 1 sponsor of terror.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 8 Jan. 2020
• Realists will note that Dalton has been coddled since Day 1.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• In honor of Father's Day, check out these five species in which males coddle offspring even when the baby daddy is unknown.
  — Paul Nicklen, National Geographic, 13 June 2017
• In this light, American working men come off not as refined, but coddled.
  — Nate Hopper, Time, 29 June 2017
• To avoid further damage, Canada may have to stop coddling farmers.
  — The Economist, 14 June 2018
• The front seats coddle occupants with La-Z-Boy snugness and are adjustable to all physical statures.
  — Michael Harley, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
• Both women were complex feminists, of a kind, who didn’t use the term, preferred men to women, and coddled their sons over their daughters.
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2019
• That means the key is not to hand-wring over the details so much as strike a good balance: Don’t coddle workers, but don’t disparage their efforts, either.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024