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Coddle is an English word with synonyms like pamper or handle. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Coddle in a sentence

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Coddle | Coddled | Coddles | Coddlers

Coddle meaning

  1. To treat gently or with great care.
  2. To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point.
  3. To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.

Synonyms of Coddle

pamper do by handle treat indulge spoil mollycoddle baby cocker cosset featherbed cook

Related words

Other words often associated with Coddle or its synonyms:

interact pillaging nutriment occurrence missy prepare mattress hold pander favourite injury delicacy

Using Coddle

  • The main meaning on this page is: To treat gently or with great care. | To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point. | To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.
  • Useful related words include: pamper, do by, handle, treat.
  • In the example corpus, coddle often appears in combinations such as: coddle the, to coddle.

Context around Coddle

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

form 1× failed 1×

Often after:

lula 1× powerful 1× somebody 1×

Sentence patterns with Coddle

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

cars can coddle like a 1× evidence and coddle powerful countries 1× job the coddle the employee 1× just to coddle somebody put 1× nothing but coddle lula and 1× predisposed to coddle the gop 1× their failed coddle the criminal 1× to form coddle the dictators 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but his willingness 1× few cars can 1× his proposed policies 1× i think sometimes 1× oh please it 1× president joe biden 1×

Common sentence endings:

a debating society 1× and push yourself 1× benz e class 1× coddle the employee 1× dictators and tyrants 1× the gop nominee 1×

Words around Coddle

Just before it in the word index:

coddington 21 codder 2 codd 17 codco 2 codata 9 codasyl 7

Just after it in the word index:

coddled 19 coddlers 2 coddles 4 coddling 16 code 7.460 codebase 25

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Coddle

  • In this selection, "coddle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, form, failed, lula, powerful and somebody stand out and add context to how "coddle" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include cars can coddle like a and evidence and coddle powerful countries. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "coddle" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with coddle

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Oh please, it’s not the employers job the coddle the employee. (12 words)

Well, the Dimwit staying true to form - coddle the dictators and tyrants. (12 words)

Few cars can coddle like a well-equipped 2020 Mercedes-Benz E-Class. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

But his willingness to ignore the U.N.’s own evidence and coddle powerful countries may fatally damage one of the U.N.’s proven and most effective weapons for protecting the world’s children. (35 words)

President Joe Biden and other Western leaders have done nothing but coddle Lula and the region’s other Marxist leaders while treating the São Paulo Forum as a debating society. (30 words)

I think sometimes it’s just to coddle somebody, put your arm around them and say, ‘Hey, here’s what you have to do to be successful. (27 words)

Example sentences (9)

President Joe Biden and other Western leaders have done nothing but coddle Lula and the region’s other Marxist leaders while treating the São Paulo Forum as a debating society.

Most of the cancellations, on the other hand, have been on territory not predisposed to coddle the GOP nominee.

But his willingness to ignore the U.N.’s own evidence and coddle powerful countries may fatally damage one of the U.N.’s proven and most effective weapons for protecting the world’s children.

Few cars can coddle like a well-equipped 2020 Mercedes-Benz E-Class.

Trust your inner knowing about when to coddle and care for yourself and when to challenge and push yourself.

I think sometimes it’s just to coddle somebody, put your arm around them and say, ‘Hey, here’s what you have to do to be successful.

Oh please, it’s not the employers job the coddle the employee.

Well, the Dimwit staying true to form - coddle the dictators and tyrants.

His proposed policies mimic sanctuary cities and adopts their failed “coddle the criminal” mentalities (not to mention using language straight off of Ms. Wall’s website).

Common combinations with coddle

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "coddle" in a sentence?
An example: "President Joe Biden and other Western leaders have done nothing but coddle Lula and the region’s other Marxist leaders while treating the São Paulo Forum as a debating society." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "coddle" from authentic English texts.
What does "coddle" mean?
Coddle means: To treat gently or with great care.
What are synonyms of "coddle"?
Common synonyms of "coddle" include: pamper, do by, handle, treat, indulge, spoil, mollycoddle, baby. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "coddle" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "coddle", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.