Coddle in a sentence as a verb

A boat with a hole in it, you coddle and fix.

I reject the notion that we should coddle our children.

You need to find a way for farmers to compete in the real world, not coddle them.

"You need to find a way for farmers to compete in the real world, not coddle them.

Her programming teacher doesn't want to "coddle" her.

I think it was 3D Realms' worst decisions not to coddle him, or whatever it took, to keep him on board.

Nerds insist that you coddle and pander to them because their egos are too delicate to handle a joke?

He wants technology to think for him, he wants technology to coddle and embrace him so he doesn't have to think for himself.

So silicon valley's real value is to coddle the needs of wishy-washy primadonnas as they attempt to find them self?

> Computers are fast, you don't have to coddle themThis mentality is exactly why Windows feels sluggish in comparison to Linux on the same hardware.

When you coddle lazy or bad developers, you end up breeding an entire crop of developers who end up creating terrible legacy systems that will plague us for years to come.

" That explains exactly why I teach in the private sector rather than in the government-operated schools of the United States, which hobble the best teachers and coddle the worst in their employ.

And some of us believe that it would be in the benefit of the community that all would have equal access to some form of medical care. We believe that we are a rich enough, prosperous enough community, that we can afford to ensure even the poorest among us need not worry whether or not they can afford medical care. We do not believe the government is required to coddle us.

And this reply is a great example of the entitled "the authors must coddle my particular insecurities and do what I want with their volunteer time" bull **** that turns so many people who want to just write themselves some software away from keeping their project up to date.

If you're good enough to be depended upon in every panic situation, that means you have more say than you think in the circumstances surrounding your work -- specifically regarding pay, scope creep, working environment, etc. If you don't assert yourself nobody will coddle you, because that's how capitalism works.

Coddle definitions

verb

treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

See also: pamper featherbed cosset cocker baby mollycoddle spoil indulge

verb

cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs"