kid-glove treatment

NOUN

kid gloves

Synonyms

WEAK

delicacy fastidiousness gentle handling gentleness good taste leniency light hand light rein refinement tact tolerance velvet glove

Example Sentences

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But when you’re working on a book or a play—because it’s like this in theater too—you get the kid-glove treatment.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2021

"The kid-glove treatment has already started," Grace said.

From Fox News • Feb. 24, 2020

Pollock continues to get kid-glove treatment because of sore groin....

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2019

That tough love approach is a departure from the kid-glove treatment Lynch enjoyed in the past .

From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2018

And his daughter, a petty thief, gets kid-glove treatment.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2010