fawningly

Example Sentences

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He’s posted about it fawningly on his Instagram page over the years.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2023

Last month, Ms. Kaili spoke fawningly about Qatar’s labor reforms ahead of the World Cup launch; she also visited Doha in November and praised the nation’s preparations for the sporting event.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

An interlude satirizing the stultifying fatuousness of the royal mission is followed by one that fawningly celebrates the magnificence of Diana deigning to speak to Welsh well-wishers.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

At the Olympics, he fawningly supplies police officers with cans of Coke.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 12, 2019

In swept Susan; and Jeffries, rubbing his thick hands, said fawningly, "But I think, Mr. Gideon, you'll say it was worth waiting for."

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham