spoil with

Frequency: 6.77.8 per million words

to give someone, especially a child, too many things, making them selfish

spoilVERB + PREPOSITION

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with

Examples (10)

  • He spoils the children with expensive toys.
  • Parents often spoil their only child with too much attention.
  • She was spoiled with gifts and never learned to appreciate things.
  • Don't spoil your grandchildren with everything they ask for.
  • The king's daughter had been spoiled with luxuries since birth.
  • If you spoil a pet with human food, it might refuse its own.
  • Many parents fear they might spoil their kids with constant praise.
  • He was spoiling his niece with trips abroad every summer.
  • By always giving in, she spoiled her son with no sense of discipline.
  • You risk spoiling your student with undeserved high grades.