ADORE in a Sentence

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140 example sentences for ADORE, such as:

1. He adores his wife and children.
2. I adore it, but I am afraid of it.
3. She has one son and she adores him.
4. They knelt in adoration of their gods.
5. He is adorable for his devotion to science.

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 Meanings and Examples of ADORE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
adore
 v.  worship with profound reverence; pay divine honors to; regard with the utmost esteem and affection
Classic Sentence: (129 in 9 pages)
1  O nibbling sex, your pretty little white teeth adore sugar.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
2  There is, in the synagogue, in the mosque, in the pagoda, in the wigwam, a hideous side which we execrate, and a sublime side, which we adore.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE CONVENT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEA
3  There are fathers who do not love their children; there exists no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—MARIUS GROWN UP
4  J'adore son jupon, Que tu mets ton carquois.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY F...
5  Yes; a woman whom I love, whom I adore, has just been torn from me by force.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
6  The religion I serve, the God I adore, were blasphemed because I called upon that religion and that God, but still I resisted.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
7  Hugo demanded a potion to make Zara adore him, and one to destroy Roderigo.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWO
8  Jo went prepared to bow down and adore the mighty ones whom she had worshiped with youthful enthusiasm afar off.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
9  You'll get over this after a while, and find some lovely accomplished girl, who will adore you, and make a fine mistress for your fine house.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
10  Scarlett wanted to respect and adore her mother like an idol and to rumple her hair and tease her too.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
11  If her husband did not adore her, he was a brute, deserving of death by slow torture.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In IV
12  She knew that I adored her once, and she let me adore her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
13  "I adore simple pleasures," said Lord Henry.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
14  I adore it, but I am afraid of it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
15  I hope that Dorian Gray will make this girl his wife, passionately adore her for six months, and then suddenly become fascinated by some one else.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
Example Sentence:
1  All the girls in our school adore the handsome mathematics teacher who happens to be a bachelor.
2  They knelt in adoration of their gods.
3  John doesn't hide his adoration for the girl.
4  Jack never told Jill he adored her; he believed his love was implicit in his actions.
5  The public seemed to lionize and adored her.
6  She adored her parents and would do anything to please them.
7  He took out a photo of his son, whom he adores.
8  He adores his wife and children.
9  She has one son and she adores him.
10  I just can't resist that adorable face and those amazing blue eyes!
11  He is adorable for his devotion to science.