Example sentences for: pampered

How can you use “pampered” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But America is different: Here, even a pampered multimillionaire can gripe about having his luggage inspected at an airport, confident of a sympathetic hearing.

  • Nor, at the other end of the scale, can we match the Spanish superlative suffix - ísimo , e.g., grandísimo, altísimo, bellísimo (rendered in English as the `biggest,' the `highest,' the `most beautiful,' although for an exact equivalency one would use the other superlative form in Spanish, más grande, más alto, más bello ). Nothing I have ever heard in English can match the breadth of lighthearted insult expressed by a Spanish wit some years ago who used the suffix with reference to the notoriously pampered, well-connected, well-heeled, well-placed brother-in-law ( cu ñado ) of Francisco Franco.

  • Unlike many self-centered and pampered athletes of the '90s, Scottie Pippen is recognized by his peers and in the league as one of the more giving players to disadvantaged youth.

  • Businessmen who by day rule their companies can still — despite a recession that has hit the late-night entertainment industry hard — be seen in nightclubs being pampered by fawning hostesses, giggling over countless glasses of whisky or sake and singing karaoke versions of Frank Sinatra’s “I Did It My Way,” only to collapse in a disheveled heap on the last train home.

  • The Sun called him "a pampered, privileged young man who has achieved nothing, despite being born with a royal silver spoon in his mouth, despite all the undeserved advantages he has been handed."


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