Example Sentences

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Daphne and Eddie magnanimously turn the other cheek and then go back to lavishing one another with murmured compliments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Wall Street hasn’t exactly been lavishing the stock with praise lately.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

She’s made headlines for lavishing praise on Clarence Thomas in the past.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

“Fat Ham” practices what it preaches by lavishing laughter and delight as it encourages us to take our destinies caressingly in hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

In fact, for several days the young woman was continually absent from her home, occupied in lavishing on all sides her blessings of material comfort and spiritual consolation.

From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne