How to Use adore in a Sentence

adore

verb
  • They adored shopping in all the boutiques.
  • He's a good doctor. All his patients adore him.
  • So those who tune in for the risk-takers will adore it.
    Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Ken was loved and adored by so so many and will be missed so much.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Get out and about and link up with many people who adore you.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
  • For the foodies in your life, give them a gift their palette will adore.
    Banu Ibrahim, CNN Underscored, 9 Dec. 2019
  • And there’s not a big overlap in the Venn diagram of stuff that my kids and I both adore.
    Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The nice thing about it is seeing someone else adore your spouse.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The girls adore their mother, but life at home hasn’t always been easy.
    Christopher Tangney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Every person that crossed paths with him adored and loved him.
    orlandosentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Those with a sweet tooth will adore this top Neapolitan pastry, which is fun to eat.
    Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
  • For kids and the young at heart there is a lot to adore about Waffles + Mochi, available on Netflix.
    Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Good with people, kids, and other dogs, the Shih Tzu is a real charmer who lives to adore you.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Woman's Day, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Here are 25 native trees, shrubs, vines, and flowers that birds adore.
    Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
  • But her children still adored her, because there was tons of love there.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 May 2024
  • His teammates adore the Panda for his clubhouse vibe...and his bat.
    Ray Glier, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Kids will adore the separate pool with a white sand play area, bringing the beach to the hotel.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The overall consensus is that fans adore this new look on V and would love to see more styles like it down the line.
    Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 30 Dec. 2019
  • And her dogs, 9-year-old Jackson and 1-year-old Sydney, adore their trips to the office once or twice a week.
    Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Nov. 2022
  • That might be a bummer to those who adored the well-over-the-top 1989 action flick starring Patrick Swayze.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Pasta lovers will adore our Creamy Kale and Pasta Bake.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The Duke and Duchess of Sussex continued to sneak in adoring gestures when out and about in the years since.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Rare, fluffy and irresistibly cute, pandas are adored across the globe.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
  • With a story as adored as Watchmen, the only way to do it justice is to split it in half.
    Rendy Jones, EW.com, 25 July 2024
  • Pasta lovers will adore our Creamy Kale and Pasta Bake.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
  • But my two little nieces adore the monthly crates with arts-and-crafts projects that come every month.
    Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
  • In their day, the Bright Young Things weren’t universally adored.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Mar. 2020
  • There are few species of fandom more passionate than the love-mobs who adore teen TV.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 29 June 2021
  • Teammate Nick Cousins fell back off the stage into adoring arms and crowd-surfed.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
  • Her father adored her and brought her into his councils.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Jan. 2025

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