They looked at the baby in adoration.
The doctor has earned the adoration of his patients.
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After the meeting, Babbitt relished in the adoration of supporters who had waited nearly a decade to come to this point.—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 28 May 2026 New York Tendaberry, released in the fall of 1969, mostly consists of Nyro alone at the piano, delivering songs that eschewed and subverted most of the characteristics that had won her attention and adoration throughout the preceding decade.—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 24 May 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway is well aware of Green’s adoration for the race.—Luke Smith, New York Times, 21 May 2026 But Colbert put his own spin on things, like wearing his Catholic faith and his adoration of his wife and frequent guest, Evie McGee Colbert, on his sleeve.—ABC News, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for adoration
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin adōrātiōn-, adōrātiō, from adōrāre "to venerate, adore" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action