dote
Example Sentences
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Fans won’t ever know exactly why the doting parents lapsed in their watch of the eggs a month ago, though the nonprofit believes they had their reasons.
From Los Angeles Times
She said her son, who had a life-long passion for cars, was the "most loving, laid-back, sensitive man" who was a doting father to his own son.
From BBC
However, Miranda added that the doting mother had "recovered well from her ordeal".
From BBC
The more George dotes on her, the more she tries to squirm free from the prison that has been prepared for her.
From Los Angeles Times
We’re a long way from Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post portraits of doting parents taking their rosy-cheeked children to the avuncular family doctor for back-to-school checkups.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
