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Meanings of adoring in English

Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent.

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Showing adoration.

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Usage of adoring in English
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She emerges as driven and difficult, with a need for adoring courtiers.
The Guardian
2
Leonard Cohen has no way to say goodbye to his adoring fanbase.
The Irish Times
3
Bureaucrats wouldn't put up with what his adoring working-class patients would accept.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
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This time there were no adoring crowds to prevent her from escaping.
Paths of glory
5
They also fill the soul of the rapt beholder with adoring wonder.
Among the Forces
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The old Earl followed Tony in his invalid chair with adoring eyes.
Shelled by an Unseen Foe
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Then for the first time the great being addressed his adoring onlookers-
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
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Our adoring trophy wife-and-mother has been getting sweet lovin' on the side.
Heat Wave
9
She became beautiful with the beauty of an intense and adoring love.
The Grain of Dust: A Novel
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The parodies are never less than affectionate, and most often downright adoring.
The Guardian
11
From across the Street the boy watched her with adoring, humble eyes.
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From the congregation, the offering of an adoring welcome for Giovanni Trapattoni.
The Irish Times
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He and his wife were just a pair for adoring the child.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891
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When the bass kicks in, Edinburgh's unruly, adoring audience need no persuasion.
The Guardian
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Besides, working with the ever-adoring, ever-demanding Miss D. Duvall had its compensations.
Complete Books of Blood
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She puts her hand on my cheek, wearing a playfully adoring expression.
Dirty Rowdy Thing
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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