doted upon
Example Sentences
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Otherwise, you trust how intensely Del Toro has doted upon every detail.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Since then, Zhang said he regularly saw David Brown out for walks with his two large dogs, who he doted upon.
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2023
An extended support network of relatives close and distant meant someone who doted upon the infant was rarely far away.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2021
It’s not fair, exactly, but the first kid or grandkid, or first girl after a long line of boy cousins, is often especially doted upon.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2020
He would willingly have put him to death, fearing him as dangerous; but he dreaded the people, who loved Hamlet, and the queen who, with all her faults, doted upon the prince, her son.
From Tales from Shakespeare by Lamb, Mary
