dote on
Example Sentences
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Outside, their daughters, ranging from kindergarten to high school, dote on their dads, or fear forgetting them, or lash out in frustration at their absence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 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
“Oh, he’s always headed somewhere. Washington and Chicago and Oklahoma and Kansas City—sometimes it seems like he’s never home. But wherever he goes, he remembers how I dote on tiny things.”
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
