dotes upon
Example Sentences
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He is an amazing dad who dotes upon our child, and he has never pressured me to try for another child or start the fostering process, although I know he wants both.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2020
He is ravenous — for food, for experience, for the acceptance of his peers — and he scarcely thinks about the solicitous father who dotes upon him.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2018
France's nuclear force de frappe is the pride of Charles de Gaulle's old age, and he dotes upon it as part of his ultimate legacy to France.
From Time Magazine Archive
The �sthete dotes upon the swinging boards which with crude paintings announce the presence of British inns.
From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Kilmer, Joyce
Oh! how she dotes upon her surviving son and daughter!
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
