How to Use adoration in a Sentence

adoration

noun
  • The doctor has earned the adoration of his patients.
  • They looked at the baby in adoration.
  • After a while, he was taken up by one of them and cast into an ecstasy of adoration.
    Lynn Freed, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Answer all three correctly, and you will be showered with adoration like Debbie.
    Adam Tamburin, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Whereas most wee lads are the subject of their parents’ adoration, I was raised with outright derision.
    Harris Mayersohn, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Members of the youth orchestra speak of him with adoration, and his joy in conducting the ensemble is evident.
    Fredric Dannen, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • All 48 parishes in the 14-county diocese will be open during the three-day period for private prayer and have set aside time for adoration.
    Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2020
  • In that safe space of unbridled adoration, some found friends for life, career opportunities, and even romantic partners.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
  • In another episode, Ramy translates his adoration of Sheikh Ali into a delusion of romantic love for his daughter.
    Shamira Ibrahim, The Atlantic, 11 June 2020
  • But across the 17-race circuit, the adoration for the 45-year-old Brazilian driver is consistent, no matter the crowd size or location.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2020
  • And paired with the ethos of Baccarat, the spa takes that adoration over the top.
    Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 2 June 2023
  • There will be more and more adoration of the Army, even though the Army has failed.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The room smelled of wet and bodies and kink and adoration.
    Hayley Folk, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2022
  • What did the cast think of all this adoration through art?
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2021
  • What if there's room and love and adoration enough for both?
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The looks of adoration on their faces were of a kind seldom seen outside of a manger.
    Christopher Lloyd, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2022
  • But the party had, at last, made its choice, and Trump drank in the adoration of the crowd like a man dying of thirst.
    Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Which parts of the ear are getting the most adoration through adornment right now?
    Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But despite the adoration for the music of those times, Sanchez does not feel like he was born in the wrong decade.
    Gen Handley, SPIN, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Rodriguez, of Sin City and Spy Kids fame, wasn't just there to bask in adoration.
    A A Dowd, Chron, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The adoration for this 2006 sci-fi thriller seems to grow with each passing year.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2021
  • From his many, many jobs to his love and adoration of his mother, Kirk was one of a kind.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
  • And that the object of their adoration should be — Donald Trump.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Apr. 2023
  • And the band delivered a set worthy of that adoration even if things got off to a slow start.
    cleveland, 6 Nov. 2022
  • But the show as a whole doesn’t stand up under that tsunami of adoration.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Faul’s adoration for this tangy, sweet and sour fruit led him to start Tamarelo, the first tamarind liqueur made in the United States.
    Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The recipient of his adoration is a 14-year-old girl; the old man pays to watch her sleep.
    Michael Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • In other words, which parts of the ear are getting the most adoration through adornment right now?
    Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 31 May 2022
  • Yes, that love, respect and adoration…that was my high point.
    Harish Pullanoor, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2022
  • The prevailing response to the Australian act’s third album has thus far been a general adoration for and excitement about the way its dozen tracks capture the bright sound and breezy spirit of the ’90s rave world.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024

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