adore
verb (used with object)
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
adoringly
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a word derived from
adore.
Example Sentences
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"I spent my life listening to her sing Memory from Cats," Rachel said adoringly.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
She was usually photographed gazing adoringly up at her husband, often while gathering their children around her in a beatific — and patriarchal — tableau.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
What interested him was subtler: investigating what he called “the micro cuts” that men inflict on women — in Torvald’s case, while cooing adoringly.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2023
She’s also enjoying time with her husband, the comedian Dave Lawson, who waved adoringly at her through the cafe window as we talked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
She’s laughing, and he’s looking at her adoringly.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
