besotted
Example Sentences
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But it is basketball - not football - that New Yorkers are besotted with right now.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
She transforms herself from “a wild, hatless little savage” into a lady, which estranges her from her childhood companion and besotted admirer, Heathcliff, a foundling who lives with her family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Fairly early in his lengthy investment career, in the mid-1960s, this thrifty son of Yorkshire, England, grew besotted with speculative small-cap stocks.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
I was immediately besotted by the band’s hookiness, the way their songs felt both precise and slightly feral.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025
And I felt all the more besotted by him.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
