dote

Outside, their daughters, ranging from kindergarten to high school, dote on their dads, or fear forgetting them, or lash out in frustration at their absence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

Actor-comedian Anthony Anderson is a proud mama’s boy and loves to dote on his mother, Doris.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

He handles all the boring life matters like bills for us and I dote on him.

From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2022

Sometimes having staff dote on laid-back guests can be enough to fix the problem.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2022

A dote, she says, and look at them gorgeous goldy curls.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

She dotes on her husband, who suffers from dementia and comes to terms with all the paraphernalia and recordings from her career that she hoarded for decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

He dotes on dogs and horses but a family seems unlikely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

"She's super tiny, her breath smells so bad, and she doesn't have a meow," the singer dotes.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025

As Mina gets increasingly sick, her body withering away, her husband dotes on her: He washes her hair, helps her change, brings the sweetness of a fruit to her lips.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

“No, foolish girl; it means she dotes on the boy!” he replied.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

He doted on the music of Rachmaninoff when Rachmaninoff was unfashionable and on Steve Reich when Reich was found unfathomable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

Of course, ABC would make one of its core players the gauzy focus of a post-Oscars special, doted on by many of the 22 women who came before Paul.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

Known to the children as “aunty” or “grandma,” Johnson would treat them to dips in the pool at the Raffles and doted on them at the center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

Ms McEnroe's parents said she doted on Arran.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

Dofta Leila had always doted on her daughter-in-law, so much so that Dedd sometimes worried that Leila’s five daughters would resent her.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Jury-rigging their electricity and doting on a dog named Jasper, they pass the time playing poker with stacks of now-useless greenbacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The doting boyfriend, the overzealous best friend, the snide coworker, the absentee mother — played here by Kristen Johnston, whose character’s name is ingeniously spelled “Beverlee.”

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

"So am I," Kim replied, doting on the doll.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

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 ● Mar. 3, 2026

A doting mother, she kept records of her baby’s every accomplishment, as well as her cryptic babblings.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield