doting parents

collocation in English

meaningsofdotingandparent

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doting
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈdəʊ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈdoʊ.t̬ɪŋ/
showing that you love someone ...
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parent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeə.rənt/us
/ˈper.ənt/
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ...
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(Definition ofdotingandparentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Adotingparentis not the best person for a spoilt child.
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As adotingparentor stern moralist, he was always in his element.
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It is perfectly true that young things are seldom beautiful—not even babies, except in the eyes of their doting parents.
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There was the cost of the dress and the dancing lessons, and then it cost the doting parents and grandparents 24 quid to go and watch the concert.
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They are often greatly concerned that the loved one will simply be forgotten and no longer enjoy the little treats that doting parents who visit every week provide.
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School plays will never die —neither the children nor the doting parents (to say nothing of the proud teachers) will let that happen.
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An only child, he had organic weaknesses which startled his doting parents and caused them to keep him closely chained to their side.
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He seems also to have kept it a secret from his doting parents, who longed for grandchildren from their one surviving son.
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She is introduced to four suitors by her doting parents.
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She is said to have been very pampered and spoilt by her doting parents, who did everything they could to hide her mental problems.
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