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

In 1935 he brought Ruth, then 19, to a lavish celebration hosted by Goebbels, who was, Ms. Kuehn reports, smitten.

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

Kashima-san distrusts westerners — her wounds of wartime haven’t healed — and to see Nishio-san smitten with Amélie feels like a betrayal.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 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