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fawn
verb as in ingratiate oneself to; serve
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Example Sentences
He’s self-satisfied and loves to have people fawn over him, but his star is still nascent enough for Oliver to retain some naivete.
Yet his fawning followers continue to reinforce their Dear Leader’s fantasy.
The term carries an intensely pejorative connotation in the group and speaks to the imbalance of power between the singer and his fawning entourage.
The Ryde Hotel staff are desperately missing their favorite occupants — the gorgeous peacocks known to fawn about on the orchard-lined banks of the Sacramento River and mischievously wander through the hotel’s banquet hall.
The clip was underlaid by fawning discussion of his “mythical” rise from the outer boroughs to the White House.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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