Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocker
Verb
  • Dodge won't spoil the surprise by confirming if the last one will be based on the Charger or the Challenger (or maybe both), but the evidence suggests the latter is more likely.
    Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Farmers’ broiler chickens suffocate, and dairy products spoil.
    Monica Mark, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2023
Verb
  • At this historical moment, middle- and upper-class European women were increasingly urged to nurse their own babies for growing fear that wet nurses—usually of lower social rank, and sometimes another race—contributed to infant mortality.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 13 Mar. 2025
  • With Concerning Elbow Injury Rafael Devers Injury: Alex Cora Gives Concerning Update On Red Sox Star Devers has been nursing a shoulder injury which hampered him in 2024.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • While her older brother, Crown Prince Hussein, is the heir to the throne, Iman is not in the line of succession—and neither may her baby.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The sensitive child of the bunch doesn’t need to be babied.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 28 Nov. 2023
Verb
  • Dana is really mothering to her fullest at the top of the hour.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Staff Picks: Our 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2025 Beginning with Ethel Cain, mothers will be mothering all throughout the year.
    James Factora, Them, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • After recovering from Hurricane Helene, the opulent, castle-like inn is back to pampering guests at every turn.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Despite the luxury and pampering the resort has to offer, the true highlight of Platte Island is the Indian Ocean itself.
    Jason Chau, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Pileggi can’t write outside of his own sandbox, which means that DeNiro indulges the usual nefariousness.
    Armond White, National Review, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Go the practical route and indulge her with a new pan from one of our favorite brands.
    Brie Schwartz, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Unlike Proctor, who continues to be pampered and coddled by the brass for his atrocious misbehavior, Cournoyer was run out of the State Police.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The price per copy is $110,000, but buyers will be getting a highly specialized - and uniquely powerful - motorcycle that can hustle around a racetrack but still coddle the rider on a weekend getaway.
    William Roberson, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • An hour later, Musk took X to New York and dandled him on his knee while being photographed for Time.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The day after the election, Taaz Robinson, a fellow third-year, posted a picture on Buckingham’s Facebook page of Donald Trump as an infant being dandled by Vladimir Putin.
    Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2017
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“Cocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocker. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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