as in to fuss
to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior
a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher
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Recent Examples of fawn
Lots of people coming, knocking on his door, fawning, hoping for a good deal.
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Terry Gross, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Since then, the internet has fawned over the burgeoning model and singer, who performs under the name LoveLeo.
—Adam England, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Don’t expect this endorsement to be fawning.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Mar. 2025
Amused when flexing her power, she is fawned over by her crew, who pamper her like a queen.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
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Terry Gross, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
Since then, the internet has fawned over the burgeoning model and singer, who performs under the name LoveLeo.
—Adam England, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Don’t expect this endorsement to be fawning.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Mar. 2025
Amused when flexing her power, she is fawned over by her crew, who pamper her like a queen.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fawn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fawn
Verb
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Williams never fussed about it, though and his relationships with many in the organization weren’t overly affected.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2025
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No crying or fussing or squirming.—
Danielle Pergament,
SELF,
10 Apr. 2025
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Fair to say that the Ichiban has already accomplished its primary objective of getting moto nerds to drool over it on their phone screens – even though there is little likelihood that it will be built as it is envisioned.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2025
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Pay attention for signs of distress: panting, drooling, a high heart rate, dry nose, lethargy, or even vomiting, staggering or seizures.—
Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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The only other psychological need that rivals his thirst for toadying is the pursuit of .—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Hamlet’s toadying friends, the hangers-on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, are Izzard’s own talking hands, popping up to face her like a pair of Muppets.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2024
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Unless Trump’s art of the deal is all about truckling to Putin.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Garbarino enjoyed his time with the Southern river rats and mountain folk, and their refusal to truckle to authority delights him to this day.—
David Samuels,
Town & Country,
18 Oct. 2013
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Other sizable media companies have kowtowed to Trump in a bid to make legal pressures vanish.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2025
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Xi became China’s most powerful political figure in half a century by promoting a new Chinese nationalism—not by kowtowing to anyone, least of all the president of the United States.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Fawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fawn. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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