as in to spoil
to treat with great or excessive care
a luxury spa where guests are cosseted with no expense spared
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Recent Examples of cosset
The building’s hard edges were tempered with woolen wall hangings and ceramics, along with rustic wooden and worn leather furniture, lending the place a cosseting softness.
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Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2026
Beneath a soaring wooden ceiling hung with a trio of dramatically oversize string lamps, Turner softened the blues and dialed up the tactile richness, establishing a more mature, cosseting mood.
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Andrew Sessa,
Robb Report,
5 Apr. 2026
Bonds form with attendants who cosset customers for generations.
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Tom Sietsema,
Washington Post,
17 Jan. 2026
While most art cars since the fifth installment had been cosseted, this one was present at the starting line for the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2026
Beneath a soaring wooden ceiling hung with a trio of dramatically oversize string lamps, Turner softened the blues and dialed up the tactile richness, establishing a more mature, cosseting mood.
—
Andrew Sessa,
Robb Report,
5 Apr. 2026
Bonds form with attendants who cosset customers for generations.
—
Tom Sietsema,
Washington Post,
17 Jan. 2026
While most art cars since the fifth installment had been cosseted, this one was present at the starting line for the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.
—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cosset
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosset
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Outside the Lineage warehouse Thursday morning, the smell of heavy smoke was already being replaced with that of spoiling food and filthy water.
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Against Australia in the last 16, Argentina were again labouring when faced with an inferior opponent, digging in and determined to spoil their World Cup dreams.
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Onboard, guests can indulge at eight different restaurants, ranging in style from Pan-Asian and French to poolside pizza and a steakhouse.
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Chris is a freelance journalist who, when not writing, skywatching, playing games or building Lego, indulges his taste for horror, sci-fi and the post-apocalyptic.
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The evidence suggests helping people with physical and cognitive limitations stay home costs states less than the alternative, which is nursing home care.
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Christian Pulisic, nursing a calf injury, may not play, and several players with yellow cards (Folarin Balogun, Antonee Robinson, Chris Richards and Tyler Adams) likely won't see the field at all.
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Although you are deeply held, Arrigo is not about pampering.
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But a man in Scotland came up with an eye-popping plan to try to pamper his pooped peepers.
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No one’s babying him (at Houston).
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Could baby owls and eagles be the key to stopping the spread of bird flu?
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This lifestyle caused many citizens to accuse the military of coddling the enemy.
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She has been coddled and cloistered within her city, but the spreading vegetation interferes with that way of life.
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“Cosset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosset. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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