fawn over

Example Sentences

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One of his favorite moves is to humiliate people who are dumb enough to fawn over him.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

Some are catching up with old friends and co-stars, some are kissing their dates in plain sight and some fawn over the cool kids they haven’t yet met.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024

People will buy her Ivy Park line of athleisure and fawn over every photo shoot in which she models the clothes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Perhaps most fun is watching Phoebe Robinson fawn over Hollywood’s blue eyes; least fun is watching everyone try to pronounce the Hanukkah doughnut “sufganiyot.”

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Her father brings her everywhere while she is small, parading her like a well-loved small dog in expensive gowns, for his colleagues and acquaintances to fawn over in pubs after performances.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern