dote on
Example Sentences
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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
As Cacciatore awaits the veterinarian, she and a frequent farm guest, 57-year-old Jill Loforte Carroll, dote on the sheep.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2022
Kaufmann’s well-heeled opera fans around me were predisposed to dote on their star, close up in a rare appearance.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2021
As cultural ecologist Paul Shepard has observed, The nomadic Bedouin does not dote on scenery, paint landscapes, or compile a nonutilitarian natural history..
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
