besotted

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Besotted with Japanese motorcycles and American hip-hop, the working-class participants hail mostly from former and current outposts of the French empire in Africa and the Caribbean.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

Besotted parents often can’t see how dull we are, a blind spot that is benign unless you’re listening to one.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Besotted with an earlier edition of the American Dream, the one favored by 19th century European immigrants, Massini gives short shrift to the way the Lehman fortune was dependent on the institution of slavery.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2022

Besotted by the roast chicken at Boat Street Cafe, where that classic might come dressed for spring in a morel cream sauce, or for summer with panzanella salad?

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2013

Besotted people!—You respect us, you fear us, us of the royal family,—and yet it is a royal face that you see before you, bruised with fist-blows, like that of any vile slave!

From The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter by Sue, Eugène