How to Use cosset in a Sentence

cosset

verb
  • The hotel cossets its guests with friendly service.
  • She had a safe, cosseted childhood.
  • Bedrooms in white, beige, and silvery blue-gray soothe the soul even as the body is cosseted by the plumpest pillows.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Still, Mr. Trump has spent the last three decades, for the most part, cosseted within Trump Tower.
    Maggie Haberman and Ashley Parker, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2016
  • In Normal mode the ride is soft and cosseting, and the cabin is well isolated from road and wind noise.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
  • But the old guard are wrong to say that the ECB is deliberately cosseting the southerners.
    The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
  • For weeks after the funeral, John, Max and I were cosseted, cared for by many wonderful people who brought us food and sat in our living room.
    Ann Bauer, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Keep its adaptive dampers in their Normal setting, and the RX500h offers a cosseting ride that's still firm enough to keep excessive body motion at bay.
    Greg S. Fink, Car and Driver, 1 June 2023
  • Skirting hides the visual static that lots of furniture legs can impose and gives the pieces a cosseting touch of traditional style.
    Antonia Van Der Meer, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Huguette's former physician, Dr. Jules Pierre, had been affiliated with the hospital, where the staff was used to cosseting well-to-do patients.
    Meryl Gordon, Town & Country, 21 May 2014
  • There, the rich are indulged, protected, and cosseted, while the poor are punished, humiliated, and cast into chaos.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Try the House Salad -- romaine, sunflower seeds and explosive salt bomblets of fried capers cosseted with goat cheese and a smooth balsamic vinaigrette.
    Beth Segal, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
  • Despite the soaring ceilings, the aesthetic was cosseting, low-lit, and intimate.
    Tom Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2023
  • Designed to cosset the passenger, the captain’s chairs—sporting curved headrests—offer a generous 43 inches of legroom, can slide forward and recline up to 48 degrees.
    Matthew Askari, Robb Report, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Macron himself told the magazine Le Point in an interview that the rules would unleash French energy and restore more equality to a system that has cosseted those in work at the expense of the unemployed for years.
    Geoffrey Smith, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2017
  • That's particularly true in higher-spec models with cosseting quilted-leather seats in a spot-on driving position.
    Car and Driver, 28 Nov. 2018
  • Not only are front-seat passengers cosseted by comfortable and supportive buckets, but those in the back seat will also appreciate its generous legroom and headroom.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 21 June 2023
  • An enchanted place where you and yours will be amused and amazed with edible delight on artful plates, cosseted and comforted with skilled service so discreet and knowing that even Penn and Teller could not possibly deliver a more magical meal.
    Beth Segal, cleveland.com, 14 July 2017
  • Guests are completely cosseted by the highly individual, high-spirited staff.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Modern America, with its enervating comforts — including cosseting parents — and present-minded education that produces cultural amnesia, must deliberately make its citizens.
    George F. Will, The Mercury News, 28 May 2017
  • The hotel cossets its guests with friendly service.
  • She had a safe, cosseted childhood.
  • Bedrooms in white, beige, and silvery blue-gray soothe the soul even as the body is cosseted by the plumpest pillows.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Still, Mr. Trump has spent the last three decades, for the most part, cosseted within Trump Tower.
    Maggie Haberman and Ashley Parker, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2016
  • In Normal mode the ride is soft and cosseting, and the cabin is well isolated from road and wind noise.
    Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
  • But the old guard are wrong to say that the ECB is deliberately cosseting the southerners.
    The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
  • For weeks after the funeral, John, Max and I were cosseted, cared for by many wonderful people who brought us food and sat in our living room.
    Ann Bauer, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Keep its adaptive dampers in their Normal setting, and the RX500h offers a cosseting ride that's still firm enough to keep excessive body motion at bay.
    Greg S. Fink, Car and Driver, 1 June 2023
  • Skirting hides the visual static that lots of furniture legs can impose and gives the pieces a cosseting touch of traditional style.
    Antonia Van Der Meer, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Huguette's former physician, Dr. Jules Pierre, had been affiliated with the hospital, where the staff was used to cosseting well-to-do patients.
    Meryl Gordon, Town & Country, 21 May 2014

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