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coddlecod‧dle /ˈkɒdl $ ˈkɑːdl/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcoddle |
Present | I, you, we, they | coddle | | he, she, it | coddles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | coddled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have coddled | | he, she, it | has coddled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had coddled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will coddle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have coddled |
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Present | I | am coddling | | he, she, it | is coddling | | you, we, they | are coddling | Past | I, he, she, it | was coddling | | you, we, they | were coddling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been coddling | | he, she, it | has been coddling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been coddling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be coddling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been coddling |
- Police Chief McBride says coddling young lawbreakers just creates more adult criminals.
- Nor does he coddle his players.
- Our car coddling extends way beyond an inadequate transit system.
- She never needed coddling against exposure.
- She was, to him, like one of the saints, the blushing idols she coddled and cooed.
- Some Carlsbad residents feel that they need to coddle their budding high-tech companies sprouting around Palomar Airport.
- The infantry were peasants, coddled, soft and fat.
- Yet the coddling state continues to loom large.
to treat someone in a way that is too kind and gentle and that protects them from pain or difficulty SYN mollycoddle: Don’t coddle the child – he’s fine! |