dote
verb (used without object)
to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on orupon ).
were 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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They were absorbed with their stock investments or focused on what they ate for breakfast, or they were doting on their grandchildren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
They were doting but incurious parents, bewildered by her fame, and confounded by the fans, who kept turning up at their door or writing to them during Blondie’s heyday.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2019
The well-informed wait staff had panache and were doting without being stuffy.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2015
We were doting but erratic parents, full of hubris, always walking a random line.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2012
