fawn
noun
a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
Example Sentences
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He’s posted about it fawningly on his Instagram page over the years.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2023
An interlude satirizing the stultifying fatuousness of the royal mission is followed by one that fawningly celebrates the magnificence of Diana deigning to speak to Welsh well-wishers.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021
But to get to a healthier, more entertaining place, the American Theater Wing and the Broadway League, the organizations that present the event, have to stop favoring the commercial side so fawningly.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
At the Olympics, he fawningly supplies police officers with cans of Coke.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 12, 2019
The dog whined an answer, and crept fawningly into the mountaineer’s lap, where it nestled contentedly.
From Heart of the Blue Ridge by Waldron Baily
