cosset
Example Sentences
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In contrast, the high-ticket productions on Broadway more often than not aim to cosset.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019
There are other reasons for governments to cosset the big four.
From The Guardian • May 29, 2018
She wonders if there was something in Farquharson, by contrast, that brought out “the maternal in women, our tendency to cosset, to infantilise.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2016
Supporters of scooters say they offer something extremely valuable - freedom, countering the perceived tendency of many risk-averse parents to cosset their children indoors.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2015
Indeed, he said that little Phœbe was much prettier than his finest cosset; besides, she could answer all his questions, and ask him a thousand in return.
From The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. by Strickland, Agnes
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
