cosseted

past tense of cosset

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cosseted 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosseted
Verb
  • Ipswich Town spoiled the party in 1982, and West Ham United did so in 2021.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • My group chats blew up when the news was official, because about an hour prior certain music news social media accounts did their best Woj impression and spoiled the announcement with some of us not yet ready to call it, even if betting markets had Bunny as the favorite.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • They will also be pampered in a variety of opulent living areas including movie theater, gym.
    Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.
    Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Aztecs speared and ate them, and Catholic monks indulged on the aquatic delicacies on days they weren’t allowed to eat red meat.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At one point Wednesday, the judge indulged their request to meet with Adelson and the attorneys at a side bar out of the public’s earshot.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The breast milk changed aroma, and babies adjusted feeding – some even nursed longer – showing that flavors from a mother’s diet carry into milk and could shape early taste learning.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Much of the audience is clearly children, the Gen Alpha tweens nursed on Cocomelon and Baby Shark hi-jinks.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Eric didn’t deserve to be gunned down, and the system failed him — the system that felt that juveniles needed to be coddled.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Call us coddled, or sensitive snowflakes, or whatever.
    Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Cosseted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosseted. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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