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adoringly

  • 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

“Indy will crawl out of bed and weave in between Todd’s legs and look up at him just adoringly, like he really loves him, because that’s what we do every day,” said Leonberg.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 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

As Despereaux looked up at her adoringly, Furlough happened to scurry past the princess’s room, moving his head left to right, right to left, back and forth.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo