lavishing

Example Sentences

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Wall Street hasn’t exactly been lavishing the stock with praise lately.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Companies were growing and bosses were lavishing ever-higher pay and perks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

For much of his second term, Trump has seemed to bestride the globe, lavishing his attention on a wide range of international issues.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

State media puts out a continuous stream of reports showing the diminutive dictator lavishing gifts on temples, and as a pallbearer at the funerals of senior abbots.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024

Paying her sailors and soldiers at the meanest rates, she gives large salaries to their officers, lavishing incredible sums on many of them for doing literally nothing.

From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.