besotted
Example Sentences
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But it is basketball - not football - that New Yorkers are besotted with right now.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Which would concern her much more if she weren’t besotted by the newest member of the faculty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Fairly early in his lengthy investment career, in the mid-1960s, this thrifty son of Yorkshire, England, grew besotted with speculative small-cap stocks.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
I was immediately besotted by the band’s hookiness, the way their songs felt both precise and slightly feral.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2025
“He’s besotted with you girls. If I were him, I would have sent you away a long time ago.”
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
