Example Sentences

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At the time, the Newark Star-Ledger reported that Trump was lavishing money on the project, “flying in masons, carpenters, landscapers and bulldozer operators from around the world and housing them on-site.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2019

Trump was lavishing praise on the winner of a look-alike contest.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2016

Because while the great Mischief Maker in the Sky was lavishing useless inches upon the striker, he left the giant galoot short on the basic self-preservation skills that the rest of us take for granted.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2011

Paul felt, even while she was lavishing her caresses upon him, that she might too probably turn and rend him before he left her. 

From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony

The girl he loved was lavishing faith and service, as well as financing this enemy of England.

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth