Example Sentences
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He doted on the music of Rachmaninoff when Rachmaninoff was unfashionable and on Steve Reich when Reich was found unfathomable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Of course, ABC would make one of its core players the gauzy focus of a post-Oscars special, doted on by many of the 22 women who came before Paul.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Known to the children as “aunty” or “grandma,” Johnson would treat them to dips in the pool at the Raffles and doted on them at the center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Their son was going to be a rock for Finley, but the baby is now an only child with no memory of the brother who doted on him.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
While Levi Sr. headed off to work at his job as a painter at Langley Field, Mary doted on her son at home.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
