How to Use fawn in a Sentence

fawn

1 of 2 verb

• Duchovny fawned at the prospect of sharing scenes with the Emmy winner.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 11 Aug. 2023
• In the meantime, plenty of photos of his longer hair are there and ready to be fawned over.
  — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 3 Sep. 2019
• Today, the Nets have the two players the Knicks fawned over and unquestioned status as the No. 1 team in the city.
  — Chris Mannix, SI.com, 9 July 2019
• My job is to cover you, not fawn over you or rip you, just report on you.
  — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2019
• Sad to say, but Kanye has been fawning for white approval for some time now.
  — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 30 Jan. 2018
• Durkin fawned over Cowart to reporters on Tuesday amid the transfer's first spring with the Terps.
  — Tom Green, AL.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• The restaurant was a smash hit, and became a who’s who of A-List celebrities and fawning food critics.
  — Navneet Alang, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2023
• Fans also are known to fawn over Dana Dumas's pies and cookies.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
• What if others fawn over the propaganda of one of the world’s most brutal regimes?
  — David French, National Review, 12 Feb. 2018
• Spring will bring more fawn births and the CWD-positive captive herds around the state will continue to grow.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2022
• There is so much to fawn over with this luxurious sweater, where to even begin?
  — Rebecca Brown, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2023
• Tatum wasn’t nearby, and why would these frustrated fans want to fawn over him, anyway?
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
• The whole mix-up also gave Van Ness and Foy the chance to fawn over each other, and then share those incredible moments with the world.
  — Andrea Park, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2018
• The giddy display was so charming, even Nessa couldn’t stop fawning over the gal pals.
  — refinery29.com, 19 June 2018
• The judges fawned over Harding, buying into the redemption tour which started with the movie about her life I, Tonya.
  — Thomas O'Toole, USA TODAY, 21 May 2018
• Nothing but fawning over his abilities in a light rain, with no wind.
  — Eric Forster, latimes.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• Like her talk-show peers, DeGeneres has no live audience at the moment — the die-hard fans who wait in line for hours to fawn in her presence.
  — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020
• Bierzo, the region wine geeks can’t stop fawning over, is a pleasant, quiet drive from León.
  — Benjamin Kemper, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Mar. 2018
• The company, however, did not have as many fawning fans as the restaurant—at least not yet.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2023
• The social media platform has served as somewhat of a safe space for Jack Harlow fans to openly fawn over him.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Apr. 2022
• Michael could go on like this for hours during ridiculous lunches at the kinds of pompous French places where the waiters would reliably fawn over him.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 24 Aug. 2021
• Parliament will again be full of politicians who fawn over the president.
  — The Economist, 22 Oct. 2020
• While fawning at the infant, Ramirez escapes in an elevator with the chips.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
• Ellen chuckled and went on to fawn over Nick and Priyanka's relationship.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Jan. 2019
• Fans are fawning over the new look in the comment section, with some already planning to try out purple themselves.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 5 Aug. 2019
• So, once the wedding happens, that means another child to fawn over in the royal family, right?
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 26 Sep. 2019
• Back then, entire scenes and careers blossomed thanks to websites run by overeager nerds who fawned over artists no one else cared about.
  — Isabelia Herrera, Pitchfork, 28 Nov. 2023
• That Seth accepts the nickname without being so gauche as to acknowledge the honor and fawn over Bill is proof that Bill picked the right fella to knight.
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
• In a Chiefs onesie over his diaper, Patrick was passed between fawning fans for photos.
  — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
• Our cat instantly fawned over the Yeowww banana toy and began bunny-kicking away at it to his heart’s content.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024

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fawn

2 of 2 noun

• At this time of year the fawns are just a few months old.
  — Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Watch the video to see the backyard birth of three adorable fawns.
  — Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
• Next, Porec grabbed the other fawn’s tail and did the same.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2020
• And the husband-and-wife team of Iehl and Zeuske took a doe and a fawn.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2022
• The doe keeps turning and scooting away and shakes two of the fawns.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Aug. 2023
• One group saw fawns that didn’t come close enough to shoot.
  — Zusha Elinson, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2019
• Walker arrived and found that both the fawn and the doe had passed away.
  — Josh Magness, miamiherald, 11 June 2018
• The fawn wags its tail and can be seen raising its head.
  — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
• Dorn met the animals on land and helped the fawn up a steep ledge.
  — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 15 June 2021
• Her legs split like a fawn trying to stand on a frozen pond.
  — Barry Svrluga, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• The fawn was given his moniker by the staff that oversees his care.
  — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 23 Feb. 2022
• Thanks to the Game Warden, this fawn has a second chance at life.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 June 2018
• Fame trumps all, and the media fawn and favor at the altar.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
• Shop the style in classic black, fawn, sage, and espresso spot.
  — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
• Nicholas said the mother deer could be roadkill, and the fawn may have wandered out to the road to find her.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2019
• The next morning the ice had melted, and a doe and her fawn were drinking the water.
  — Washington Post, 28 May 2021
• Two freshman boys, awkward fawns, peered, eyes wide and furtive, at the seniors, the coach, the girls.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2019
• The Nut-Hut hunters tagged three adult bucks (a 9-pointer, an 8 and a spike), three does and a nub buck, or buck fawn.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2022
• The rest of the does and fawns appear in the clover one by one, trickling from the timber to the tall grass and then into range.
  — Natalie Krebs, Field & Stream, 29 May 2020
• For deer birthing fawns in the wild, the chance of something going wrong is ever-present.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Sep. 2023
• Rasted gave a thumbs-up after the fawn rushed into the woods.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2018
• Stars were appearing in the early night sky when the big doe showed up with a fawn in tow.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
• The coyote keeps biting and pulling at the fawn while the doe spins around kicking and stomping at it.
  — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
• There are and have always been predators that kill pronghorn fawns.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2023
• The subject on the cover might change—a whitetail fawn, a jumping trout—but the style didn’t change much.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 28 June 2023
• One adorable cub gnaws on what looks to be a Thomson gazelle fawn’s lower leg.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2019
• The buck was born in the area, and one of Orwig’s neighbors had photos of it as a fawn with its sibling.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
• Last summer there was a fawn in our backyard, day after day in the tall grass.
  — Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2021
• Great Danes come in three coat varieties: brindle, fawn, and blue.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• In the spring, when the new fawns arrive, there’s always the chance that Prince will have produced a successor.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024