How to Use dote in a Sentence
dote
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The new parents dote on their new… what?
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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The doting mom couldn't be more grateful.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
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Charles is a modern man for the times, one who dotes on his wife and children.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 July 2026
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His brother and he dote on their little sister.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
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The staff, too, doted on all the kids endlessly.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2026
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In the meantime, there are grandchildren to dote on.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
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In one snap, the doting mom carried her son on her back with a look of amusement on her face.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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Valerii doted on his son and daughter.
—Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
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Rafaella is a doting aunt who frequently spends time with her nephew and niece.
—Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
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Read on to see the adorable photos and sweet tributes shared by the doting parents.
—Alex Apatoff, People.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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She was raised by a doting family, a neighbor said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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Try to score a private cabana and have servers dote on you while curtains billow in the sea breeze.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Laura dotes on him, Dee Dee Blanchard style.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
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One of the images showed the doting mom holding onto her little ones for the first time.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
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Grace becomes a doting mother, but the house becomes the subject of her wrath.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
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The family has six cats, and both Kevin and Elodie like doting on them.
—Haley Van Horn, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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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
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Pup-friendly restaurants and cafes offer an easy framework for humans to dote on their dogs.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2022
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At the party, Stormi is dressed in an adorable pink outfit as her parents dote on her.
—Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 5 June 2020
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The doting mom shares her three kids with ex-husband Christian Stracke.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
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Meanwhile, Allen is also a doting dad to two children.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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The skinny 5-year-old boy who was always doted on by his older sisters.
—Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
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The doting mom never misses a moment to spend some quality time with her son.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
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Now, the actor, 56, is a doting father of four and 11 years sober.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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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
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Everyone feels at ease with each other, and the kids have another person to dote on them.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 29 June 2023
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Latif is doting and oblivious yet likeable.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Feb. 2026
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The lawyer said Tipping was an avid outdoorsman and a doting son to both his parents.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
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Because of this, my father-in-law has started to dote on me, especially with food.
—Abby, Houston Chronicle, 3 Nov. 2017
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The doting mom gave a glimpse at her 16-month-old son Jack Blues' wild hair in one of the snaps.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
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