doted on
Example Sentences
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He doted on the music of Rachmaninoff when Rachmaninoff was unfashionable and on Steve Reich when Reich was found unfathomable.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
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
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
Dofta Leila had always doted on her daughter-in-law, so much so that Dedd sometimes worried that Leila’s five daughters would resent her.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
