They looked at the baby in adoration.
The doctor has earned the adoration of his patients.
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But this crowd - predominantly middle-aged and male - had nothing but unmitigated adoration for Rush’s music and appreciation for the opportunity to experience it live again.—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026 Once Venus enters Leo, however, the cosmos turns up the charm in your relationship sector, bringing attention, passion and mutual adoration.—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 About 120 of them engage in adoration and weekend-long spiritual retreats, the first of which saw organizers and the basilica’s rector stay up to prepare the church until well past midnight.—ABC News, 1 June 2026 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 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