fawn over

Example Sentences

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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

Equity investors are bidding up tech megacaps as they fawn over the productivity-boosting potential of artificial intelligence.

From Reuters • Jun. 16, 2023

Servants bring in her garden dress, parading it in front of the onlookers, who fawn over it.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton