smitten

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The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Trump is so smitten with his Florsheim dress shoes that he shod his whole Cabinet in the same footwear.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

But I am absolutely smitten by the fuel economy: 36/32/34 mpg, city/hwy/combined, according to the EPA’s test method.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Traders seemed less smitten, and the stock traded off 4% to a Monday afternoon price of $7.80.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

And on the family's only visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, young Patti slipped off alone to a hall of Picassos and was "smitten".

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

His face was twisted with amazement and anger to the likeness of some wild beast that, as it crouches on its prey, is smitten on the muzzle with a stinging rod.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien