dote

He remembered a mother “with a great sense of humor and a sarcastic wit” who liked to dote on her Chihuaha-dachshund mix, Hercules, and attend daily Mass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2024

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

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

“Whistler” is narrated by protagonist Daphne Fuller, a 54-year-old English teacher married to Jonathan, a restlessly retired doctor and hospital administrator who dotes on his wife and whom he regards as “extraordinary.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Graves, who travels with his wife and dotes on his grandchildren, says he had a very successful career and has a very full life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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

"He just dotes on her. She's everything to him. And you can see why - she's so beautiful and lovely."

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2022

“Blackwood has six sons, but only the one daughter. He dotes on her. A snot-nosed little creature, couldn’t be more than seven.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

Ms McEnroe's parents said she doted on Arran.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

Born on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he was doted on by his mother, an accomplished pianist and suffragette.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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

After the raids, the quinceañera shops, normally packed with girls and doting mothers on weekends, often sat empty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

However, Miranda added that the doting mother had "recovered well from her ordeal".

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

He was doting and invested, my husband, doing what he could do.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama