- present participle of lavish.
lavishing
Example Sentences
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Daphne and Eddie magnanimously turn the other cheek and then go back to lavishing one another with murmured compliments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Wall Street hasn’t exactly been lavishing the stock with praise lately.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
She’s made headlines for lavishing praise on Clarence Thomas in the past.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026
In California it was President Clinton, who sought to ensure his 1996 reelection by lavishing the state with time and attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
—With something like compunction for lavishing on Macrobius and his prosy compeers so many precious hours of a life that is waning fast, permit me to refer you to his Saturnalia, vii. 13., ed.
