coddle• She never needed coddling against exposure.• She was, to him, like one of the saints, the blushingidols she coddled and cooed.• Our car coddlingextends way beyond an inadequatetransit system.• Nor does he coddle his players.• The infantry were peasants, coddled, soft and fat.• Yet the coddling state continues to loom large.• Some Carlsbad residents feel that they need to coddle their buddinghigh-tech companies sprouting around Palomar Airport.• Police Chief McBride says coddling young lawbreakers just creates more adultcriminals.