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How to use doted on in a sentence

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Her painfully shy, stuttering father doted on her while her more powerful mother spoiled her.
I know your father doted on you and let you have free rein, but here I run a stricter household.
Waited on by servants and valets, doted on by his parents, the young prince could not have had a more cosseted start to life.
He was a strong, loving father who doted on his daughter maybe a little more than he should have.
Mikie was the middle brother of the five, and had been doted on by all because of his charm and good nature.
Elizabeth had doted on her, spoiled her, given her everything a little girl can want.
She was a lovely girl with a soft personality who doted on her grandchildren.
To be spoiled and doted on, to take over the bed and the floor and the path.
He was not my son Joshua's biological father but he doted on him and treated Joshua like his own son.
He appeared to be a father who doted on his children, especially his little girl.
Both of my parents doted on her and she grew up, while sweet-tempered, kind and generous, having learned to heed only her own opinions and desires.
She said her boyfriend doted on baby Savannah and was a good father.
She doted on him and gave up work to stay at home and be with him.
Unlike Kafka, to whom he bears some resemblance, he doted on his father.
He doted on the tales of the Knights of the Round Table and the exploits of the Duke of Marlborough.
But music lovers of this time and place also doted on highly gifted soloists, and had a considerable appetite for displays of technical prowess as well as musical expression.
Eliza doted on the plumless tree that exploded in plum-scented blossoms but never once bore fruit.
Long divorced, he doted on his grown children and guarded his solitude.
John II doted on the Order, and the da Gamas' prospects rose accordingly.
Examples from Classical Literature
How she doted on him because he considered his present state to be a purgatory!
How madly have I doted on you, how blindly have I worshipped!
It was dreadful of me, I know, to think of it, but I knew he doted on me.
She doted on her eldest son and her youngest girl, whom others thought her two naughtiest children.
I married a lady of wealth and affluence, one I loved and doted on.
Miss Eliza Higgins, as it will be perceived, doted on superlatives.
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