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.
  • He is adored, and for good reason.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Ken was loved and adored by so so many and will be missed so much.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Clara adores them, and rightly so.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And what's left is this core that adores each other.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Get out and about and link up with many people who adore you.
    — Kyle Thomas, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Our parent tester adores these sleep sacks for both of her kids.
    — Pamela Brill, Parents, 22 May 2025
  • Does your kid adore last night's mac and cheese as a lunchtime option?
    — Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And Aller adores his precious draft picks.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • In fact, Presley adored the song and yearned to record it.
    — Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Jan. 2026
  • All three were swarmed by adoring fans after the set.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • His work was adored, but he was also adored as a person.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
  • The lamp can only be tossed and kissed and righted and adored.
    — Jaya Saxena, GQ, 3 July 2018
  • A couple of good back slaps and thumps from the adoring crowd.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Every person that crossed paths with him adored and loved him.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Kids will adore the goofy jokes and high-octane action.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Oreo lovers are going to adore this warm-weather treat.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
  • The nice thing about it is seeing someone else adore your spouse.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • But her children still adored her, because there was tons of love there.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 3 May 2024
  • For the foodies in your life, give them a gift their palette will adore.
    — Banu Ibrahim, CNN Underscored, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The girls adore their mother, but life at home hasn’t always been easy.
    — Christopher Tangney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Calkins has four sisters, two of whom are local and all of whom adore his kids.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Leo and Grace have a 2-year-old daughter adored by the gang.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Guerin adores him, and Hughes and Larkin share an agent.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Peter adored his father and wanted to be with him all the time.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 July 2018
  • Leave it to a Housewife to find an adoring gay to glom on to.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
  • His wife said Abzal adored his family.
    — Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Sending love to all who adored her, which might just be everyone.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Before long, he is totally shunned from the scene that once adored him.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

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