fuss over
phrasal verb
fussed over; fussing over; fusses over
: to pay a lot of attention to (someone or something) in a nervous or excited way
Everyone fussed over the baby.
He spent hours fussing over the details of the speech.
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Inside, Joel helps Dina toward the fire, where Mel (Ariela Barer) starts to fuss over her injuries.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Therein lies a small-scale model of his office, with signs explaining how each section was fussed over to insure that the player progresses at a good clip.
—Christopher Byrd, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research YES: The fuss over only 787 units among 571,500 housing units in the city seems much ado about relatively little.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Its push to live shows accelerated this year, drawing audiences to roasts, specials and talk shows, even though every one of these would have been better if it had been edited and fussed over.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Therein lies a small-scale model of his office, with signs explaining how each section was fussed over to insure that the player progresses at a good clip.
—Christopher Byrd, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research YES: The fuss over only 787 units among 571,500 housing units in the city seems much ado about relatively little.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Its push to live shows accelerated this year, drawing audiences to roasts, specials and talk shows, even though every one of these would have been better if it had been edited and fussed over.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for fuss over
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“Fuss over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuss%20over. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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