Example Sentences

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There’s a magic here that Maurice Sendak would have adored.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021

Mr Bates said his brother "would have adored" the challenge, adding: "He would be laughing his socks off but he would be massively proud."

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2021

According to Fraser, Coppola asked her, “Would it matter if I leave out the politics?” to which Fraser “replied with absolute honesty, ‘Marie Antoinette would have adored that.’

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2017

By this time, he had married a wealthy widow, Lucrezia del Fede, whom he seems to have adored; she is almost certainly the model for more than one drawing in the show.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2015

I wandered through the maze of booths and tents, thinking how much Jesse would have adored the spectacle of it all.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson