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Recent Examples of besotted At a Cafe Beaujolais-style inn Margaret Fox first opened the doors of her iconic cafe nearly 50 years ago, delighting locals and wooing besotted Bay Area weekenders. John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025 But Zehme remains too besotted by Carson to reconcile these disparate pieces of the man in any meaningful way. Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024 In a difficult role, Freeman makes the besotted teacher an incurable romantic, at least in his eyes. James Verniere, Boston Herald, 26 Jan. 2024 Stone, who also executive-produces, is Bella Baxter, the subject of a strange, questionably ethical reanimation experiment at the hands of Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe) and his besotted assistant, Max McCandles (Ramy Youssef). Rachel Handler, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for besotted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for besotted
Adjective
  • Wah’s grandfather told officers that Wah had drunk alcohol earlier that morning at the apartment.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 16 May 2025
  • Fairplay not only pulling off the dead grandma lie but also getting drunk at Tribal Council.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Prosecutors say the 45-year-old Massachusetts woman struck O’Keefe with her car in a fit of drunken rage and left him to die outside the home of another Boston cop during a massive snowstorm in January 2022.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • Some were inflicted on drunken patients who slipped on the ice.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • In one particularly frantic game, Tottenham Hotspur’s collective head was so fried that keeper Heurelho Gomes accidentally knocked out his team-mate, Alan Hutton, in trying to deal with an aerial ball.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Try making fried rice Umami’s still a new concept for many cooks.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • The upper level holds a primary suite with an ocean-view Juliet balcony, plus a separate sitting room, a walk-in closet, and a luxe bath boasting dual vanities and a wet room spotlighted by an ebony soaking tub.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 14 May 2025
  • Wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get muddy/wet.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • Early signs of Parkinson’s include depression, body aches, daytime sleepiness, and impaired smell.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 13 May 2025
  • Expanding Gross Reservoir is critical to add water storage capabilities on the north end of the utility’s water supply system and to create more of a safeguard in case the much larger south end of the system becomes impaired, according to Denver Water.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Universities aren’t blind to the pressures students are under, and many have made student wellness a priority.
    Cornelia Powers, The Atlantic, 18 May 2025
  • Your editorial and the Democrats are completely blind as to the facts by your radical liberal ideology.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • That means fewer unexpected shutdowns and less wasted time, as well as lower repair costs.
    Cory McNeley, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024

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“Besotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/besotted. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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