Example Sentences

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Over the last several weeks, the governor has been lavishing attention on minority communities amid signs that some were growing impatient with what they perceived as a lack of attention to their concerns.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2011

In Berlin Richard Tauber has been lavishing his smooth, high notes on "Schweig, zagendes Herz!" and "Lange Jahre, bange Jahre," oldstyle operetta numbers from Franz Lehar's Der F�rst der Berge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Think of the admiration and sympathy the world has been lavishing on this precious pair; Robinson Crusoe and his girl Saturday!

From The Stillwater Tragedy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey