dandling

verb

present participle of dandle
as in spoiling
to treat with great or excessive care the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni

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Recent Examples of dandling The tale is pilfered from the Aeneid, but Virgil would blench to see the curtain rise on Jupiter, dandling Ganymede, a beautiful boy, upon his knee. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dandling
  1. spoiling
  2. nursing
  3. indulging
  4. cosseting
  5. babying
  6. pampering
  7. coddling
Verb
  • London — Cyberattacks on grocery store refrigeration systems across Europe sent temperatures soaring on Monday, spoiling food and causing significant financial losses in the second such incident in less than a month.
    — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images European supermarkets have become the center of another cyberattack, with hackers remotely heating fridges and spoiling food.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of spoiling
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  • With Sam Darnold nursing a quad injury that could hold him out for a few weeks, the Seattle Seahawks are turning to former Broncos quarterback Drew Lock against the Arizona Cardinals.
    — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Ahead of Wednesday night’s game against the Buffalo Sabres, Ridly Greig was nursing his own lower-body injury, and Tyler Kleven was too sick to play.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of nursing
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  • Shaw’s witty drawing-room debates also warn of a society indulging its whims as catastrophe approaches — a question of how to live when the world careens toward darkness.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Adults aren’t always used to indulging this kind of curiosity.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of indulging
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  • Everywhere are cosseting details like stiffer mounting bushes and extra damping bars.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Let the explosion of vintage typewriters suspended from the giant wall abutting the check-in desk be your first clue as to what this contemporary but cosseting boutique property is all about.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of cosseting
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  • No one’s babying him (at Houston).
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Conceivably one or two of them should have already been at Citi Field, but until finally summoning McLean to pitch Saturday, Stearns has been babying them in the minors.
    — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
Definition of babying
Verb
  • Charlotte’s mandatory water restrictions have finally eased after nearly six months, allowing Charlotteans to go back to pampering their yards and vehicles.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026
  • For all its glamour, Concorde offered more prestige than pampering.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of pampering
Verb
  • League brass can keep coddling bitter media figures, or stand up for the fans paying for tickets.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The gentle, foaming elixir feels soft on skin, rinsing away dirt and makeup while hydrating and coddling with flaxseed oil.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of coddling

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“Dandling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dandling. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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