How to Use security blanket in a Sentence

security blanket

noun
  • Love needs a security blanket, that doesn’t seem to be on this team right now.
    — Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • One of those needs to a running back who serves as his security blanket.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Amalie fell asleep with the tattered edge of her old security blanket gripped in her hand.
    — Sarah Braunstein, The New Yorker, 21 July 2024
  • But his presence now would have been a warm security blanket.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • She was drawn to the tall, handsome guy with a great smile who would wrap his arms around her like a security blanket.
    — Susan Montoya Bryan and Felicia Fonseca, Star Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
  • But then a few years ago, the show became something of a security blanket.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • My little bag holds all the treasures from back home; that’s my security blanket.
    — Amy Larocca, The Cut, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Austen’s happy endings are a security blanket for many of her fans.
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2020
  • But Hayward served as a security blanket because of his poise, and that will no longer be the case.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Lighting a candle is the perfect cozy security blanket against the cold and dark.
    — Anna Borges, SELF, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Michael Thomas has been a security blanket for Brees when the team needed a clutch catch.
    — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • This cozy shawl is my carry-on security blanket—soft, lightweight, and big enough to use on a plane when freezing.
    — Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
  • This cozy shawl is my carry-on security blanket—soft, lightweight, and big enough to use on a plane when freezing.
    — Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Any team would like the security blanket of having a quarterback with more than a few road games under his belt.
    — Jim Vertuno, Chron, 6 Sep. 2021
  • If your kids have a tighter security blanket wrapped around your Facebook account than you, that’s not good.
    — Eric Scott, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Witten remains a security blanket and should put himself in the record books a few more times this season.
    — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Friends are treated like security blankets as the moon clashes with Venus.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Pop some buttery popcorn, stream a mystery movie and share a cozy security blanket with a favorite pal.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The town always felt safe, like being wrapped up inside a security blanket of good neighbors.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 7 June 2023
  • The cast members here capture that monotony, to which their characters cling like a security blanket.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
  • As the moon and Mercury clash, beware using friends as a security blanket!
    — USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The chef has also prepared a five-course meal, so the charcuterie board is more a security blanket than anything else.
    — Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Having Harvey in the system might be a security blanket of sorts.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2022
  • This whole thing, to me, speaks much more about the president wanting a security blanket than wanting a legal voice.
    — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Allen is one that sprays the ball around the field, and Khalil Shakir is usually the security blanket for him in the pass game.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The 33-year-old Brady security blanket is grinding through a rib injury.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2019
  • The ballpark has a retractable roof, which is a helpful security blanket in case the weather is not conducive for a game of ice hockey.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
  • That depth, though, at least gives Brown a security blanket in case of an injury or poor performance from a rotation guy.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The team is prone to offensive lulls, but Cockburn is the ultimate security blanket in the paint.
    — Gavin Good, chicagotribune.com, 13 Feb. 2022
  • As sure as a security blanket, tight-end Jack Bradley is equipped to pave the way for the running game and clutch enough to keep the chains moving.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 29 Sep. 2022

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