adore
verb (used with object)
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
were adoring
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past progressiveof adore.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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“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 tone was cool, but her eyes were adoring.
From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Notwithstanding the thick door which intervened between the body of our Saviour and myself I could see it plainly; it was quite transparent with a divine light, and two angels were adoring at the side.
From The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anna Catherine Emmerich
