were adoring
- past progressive of adore.
Example Sentences
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“They were adoring his firm ruthless rule. They were in raptures at being told what to think, whom to hate, when to cheer.”
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2023
Many of Franck’s students were adoring Wagnerians, but he was conflicted.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
Supporters at Bolsonaro rallies were adoring in a way he’d never seen before in Brazil.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2018
Her heart burst out singing within her, and the eyes she raised toward her captor were adoring in their gratitude.
From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)
His eyes, fixed on Ellis, were adoring and would forever adore.
From The Lost Wagon by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
