- present participle of coddle.
coddling
Example Sentences
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However, he overlooks an obvious one: doting, coddling and enabling parents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Indeed, Secretary Warfighter’s need for constant coddling is being ever more severely exposed as this scandal unfolds.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025
The notion of creating a safe space for an audience to experience a work of theater tends to provoke the tough-guy purists, because it sounds like coddling.
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024
When we’re formulating policies for children as a whole rather than coddling our own little angels, we fall scandalously short.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024
He hath been sold at eight from his mother's side, and now must daily watch another boy enjoy coddling, plaudits, and idleness.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
