adored

Example Sentences

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"I think he really resented how loved she was, and how revered she was, and how adored she was, and that was actually part of why he wanted to destroy her."

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

And she was never shy of questioning the very temerity of your questions, secure in her own power and authority despite not being adored by all Scottish voters.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

He had no patience for what he didn’t like, but when he was in the presence of something he adored, he lavished his attention and could rise to his own level of greatness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

What Danielle Crittenden has dubbed the Bureaucracy of Death came calling shortly after Valentine’s Day 2024 to inform her that Miranda, her adored 32-year old daughter, had been discovered lifeless in her Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

She did not know why he so adored things that were so long dead; what sustenance they gave him, what secrets he hoped to wrest from them.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin