Example Sentences

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We adore their kids and have doted on them as if they were our nieces and nephews.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2021

And indeed his father seems to have doted on him, for example publishing two children's books dedicated to him:

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2017

And the men seemed to have doted on the women until the day they died.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2016

He sees a thunder-cloud in the evening, and would have "doted and pored" on it, but cannot, for fear it should bring the ship bad weather.

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John

If he returns, it will be to dwell with people who have doted on him as a child, adored him as a youth and who love him as a man.

From The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry by Archer, W. G.