How to Use dote in a Sentence

dote

verb

• Although Grey’s Anatomy’s Sydney is a lot, would the residents really prefer to be yelled at than doted on?
  — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 27 Sep. 2024
• As the youngest child, he was often doted on by his sisters.
  — Caitlyn Freeman, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2024
• Flip the narrative from the passe one, where the protein gets all the culinary love, and dote on the vegetable instead.
  — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
• Loner bees leave a blob of pollen on the egg and wipe their hands of it, whereas social species dote on their larvae.
  — Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2014
• At the party, Stormi is dressed in an adorable pink outfit as her parents dote on her.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2018
• Too many of us dote on a wide field of view, but this always comes at the expense of eye relief: the distance from the eyepiece lens to your eye.
  — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2020
• Voight’s doting side is one that’s far removed from the gallery of eccentrics he’s come to specialize in on-screen.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 23 July 2024
• The rules tell you: Be a doting mother and a doting wife, do the work required, and life turns into paradise.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• Rafaella is a doting aunt who frequently spends time with her nephew and niece.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
• Jean dotes on him, sometimes at the exclusion of Lizzy, who handles the more day-to-day affairs of trying to keep Sean on track.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
• In the picture, the musician dotes over his daughter with a small smile on his face, while Malti looks off at a point beyond the camera.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 June 2023
• Guard Wayne Ellington now has a son to dote upon on Christmas morning.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Dec. 2017
• Or being taught by his doting sister to ride a scooter.
  — Cory Turner, NPR, 15 May 2024
• Everyone feels at ease with each other, and the kids have another person to dote on them.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 29 June 2023
• At home, Rachel dotes on the family dog, Kenzie, a bull-terrier mix.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
• Pup-friendly restaurants and cafes offer an easy framework for humans to dote on their dogs.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2022
• Politics aside, both are said to dote on their 14-year-old grandson, Barron, who's learned to speak their language.
  — CBS News, 14 June 2020
• The skinny 5-year-old boy who was always doted on by his older sisters.
  — Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• To fill the hole in their hearts, the Marshalls adopted two foster-care boys and two girls — one after the other — who’ve answered their prayers for children to dote on.
  — Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
• The young man grew up spending a lot of time with his maternal grandma, who doted after him.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
• Hailey and Justin have also posted some cute snaps of themselves doting on their niece Iris.
  — Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2023
• Khaled can loudly dote on his infant near, say, Pusha T, growling about cocaine.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 July 2017
• Because of this, my father-in-law has started to dote on me, especially with food.
  — Abby, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
• You're supposed to spend the first week or so relaxing, icing your pretty new nose, and allowing loved ones to dote on you.
  — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 26 Oct. 2022
• Inside, Jackie Lobdell dotes on the children already in her care.
  — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2023
• The teen was compassionate toward others, always reaching out to the new kid or to dote on a special needs child.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2021
• The campus decided to dote on out-of-state students, who received 2,013 offers.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2019
• Shelley goes through a range of emotions: loving mother, doting wife, and then that scared partner.
  — Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
• Both describe him as a loving father who doted on his two daughters.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2024
• Asher is the brilliant, doting instructor and Brooke the eager student.
  — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024