- present participle of coddle.
coddling
Example Sentences
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But the report only briefly mentions grade inflation—which it calls a “flattening of distinction”—and fails to connect how coddling students leaves them less prepared for the workplace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Indeed, Secretary Warfighter’s need for constant coddling is being ever more severely exposed as this scandal unfolds.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
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
“Romney hadn’t yet fully reckoned with his own coddling of Trump and what role he may have played in elevating him,” Coppins wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
He generally liked me, tended to treat me, I thought, as he might some rising young VP in his Boston-based holding company, alternatingly coddling and browbeating me.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
