Example Sentences

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Opera lovers will dote on the Puccini sound track, but moviegoers who have no special affection for opera are likely to find the protracted, underlighted operatic sequences dull.

From Time Magazine Archive

Small fry, hot from the daily sandpit wars, will dote on this.

From Time Magazine Archive

No man that knows me e'er shall judge I mean to make myself a drudge; Or that pilgarlic e'er will dote Upon a paltry petticoat.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

The mother, naturally, will smile upon the poor little thing; she will dote upon it as women do on the ordinarily useless articles they purchase with money or pain at the bargain counter of life.

From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George

He will repeat all her suggestions with an air of wisdom, and Phil will dote upon him for helping her to her own way.”

From The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.