besotted

Example Sentences

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This is a thronged, esoteric, besottedly allusive novel, one of the most niche things I have ever reviewed.

From The Wall Street Journal

But when the besotted Preston discovers Jules' plan to out him with a sex tape, he flips into an uncontrollable rage, rapidly drawing the film to a tragic climax.

From Reuters

But as "A Guide to the Labyrinth" so powerfully demonstrates, he was increasingly besotted by the language of poetry, an avocation he had pursued since his early teen years.

From Salon

Events or character, he might have said — McCarthy is simply not interested in emotional development, besotted though he may be with other arcs.

From Washington Post

In "Paris in Love," Reum positions himself as the lucky guy besotted by a woman who skips from room to room with what he calls a "neat unicorn trot."

From Salon