dote on
Example Sentences
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Outside, their daughters, ranging from kindergarten to high school, dote on their dads, or fear forgetting them, or lash out in frustration at their absence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024
Actor-comedian Anthony Anderson is a proud mama’s boy and loves to dote on his mother, Doris.
From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2023
He handles all the boring life matters like bills for us and I dote on him.
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2022
Sometimes having staff dote on laid-back guests can be enough to fix the problem.
From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2022
But Zalmai worshipped his father, and, because he did, he was transformed when his father was around to dote on him.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
