fawn over
Example Sentences
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They write because they want others to fawn over the content.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
One of his favorite moves is to humiliate people who are dumb enough to fawn over him.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2025
“Most gay boys I knew tended to fawn over other divas of the era, but my chosen idol was Merle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
But with celebrity came ravenous attacks on social media from a Korean public that is as quick to criticize stars as it is to fawn over them.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
Her father brings her everywhere while she is small, parading her like a well-loved small dog in expensive gowns, for his colleagues and acquaintances to fawn over in pubs after performances.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
