smitten

Example Sentences

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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

Not the most original sketch idea, but the specific details of the characters and Padilla’s smitten reactions as the bachelorette saved the sketch from overstaying its welcome.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 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

“As a girl, though... she was once smitten with a young knight from the stormlands who wore her favor at a tourney and named her queen of love and beauty. A brief thing.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin