dote
verb (used without object)
to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on orupon ).
was doting
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past progressiveof dote.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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There I was: doting on my Spanish mother, eating paella, lancing bulls.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
The report said Lanza’s mother, like Harper-Mercer’s, was doting.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 7, 2015
On the heels of her diagnosis, I was doting.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2010
Her mother was doting and desperately middle class.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was doting and invested, my husband, doing what he could do.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
