fawning

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His candidate has had the most favorable press coverage of any politician of the last century -- fawning, adoring, sycophantic press coverage.

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  1. The act of caressing or flattering servilely; mean obsequiousness. Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. Sounds of such delicacy are but fawnings Upon the cloth of luxury. Ford, Broken Heart, iii. 2.

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  • After a moon of fawning, the simple truth in her eyes had shamed him. —  Witch Gate.htm
  • What I am saying is that Ferguson did a damn fine job interviewing Bishop Tutu without being intimidated or fawning, and in so doing, demonstrated the range of tones and subject matter that can be addressed on late-night TV to which Fallon can only aspire. —  EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines
  • Or maybe their fawning is part of their angling for a job in the Obama administration, their current gig (with the bankrupt Tribune) being akin to the band that played as the Titanic sank. —  The Swamp
  • Although many reviews have been fawning, a few note that, as —  Claremont.org
  • His candidate has had the most favorable press coverage of any politician of the last century -- fawning, adoring, sycophantic press coverage. —  First Read
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