dote
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Actor-comedian Anthony Anderson is a proud mama’s boy and loves to dote on his mother, Doris.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
He handles all the boring life matters like bills for us and I dote on him.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2022
Buckner said Mitchell would often dote on her mother: letting her handle his gold necklaces and bracelets, bringing her candy bars and sometimes even spending his lunch breaks chatting in her room.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
She is in a functional but unhappy marriage, lives in a palatial apartment that looks more like a museum and tries to dote on her unreceptive son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
You ain’t never seen a brother and sister dote upon each other the way Lily and Jackson do.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
The more George dotes on her, the more she tries to squirm free from the prison that has been prepared for her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
He dotes on “M-Pesa,” a 2007 Kenyan innovation that turns mobile-phone credit into money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
"She's super tiny, her breath smells so bad, and she doesn't have a meow," the singer dotes.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025
As Mina gets increasingly sick, her body withering away, her husband dotes on her: He washes her hair, helps her change, brings the sweetness of a fruit to her lips.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Enrique clings to his daddy, who dotes on him.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Of course, ABC would make one of its core players the gauzy focus of a post-Oscars special, doted on by many of the 22 women who came before Paul.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Otherwise, you trust how intensely Del Toro has doted upon every detail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
Known to the children as “aunty” or “grandma,” Johnson would treat them to dips in the pool at the Raffles and doted on them at the center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
The only girl among six siblings, she was doted on by her family and brought up in comfort.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2025
She lived on Long Island then, after roaming all over the country, in a small house with a Shinnecock sailor who doted on her to excess.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
The doting boyfriend, the overzealous best friend, the snide coworker, the absentee mother — played here by Kristen Johnston, whose character’s name is ingeniously spelled “Beverlee.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
"So am I," Kim replied, doting on the doll.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
However, Miranda added that the doting mother had "recovered well from her ordeal".
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
She softens the character’s steely edges, turning a proud and almost rapacious woman into a mere doting mom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
She opened herself to new friends, the stern but doting Methodist faculty, and the school’s routine and rituals.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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