verb
definition
To give birth to a fawn.
verb
noun
definition
Servile flattery.
adjective
definition
Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.
Examples of fawning in a Sentence
Jessi wasn't certain if she should be laughing or horrified by the fawning women.
Curious but unwilling to join the masses fawning over them, she kept her distance and simply watched.
He would rather hear applause for his accomplishments than have you fawning all over him and catering to his needs.
He was the product of haughty broadsheets and fawning society magazines.
I'm guessing that I do, in fact, look pretty good since my husband is fawning over me in a way that I haven't seen since our dating days.
Her scent still lingered in the air, and he could almost feel her hands on his body again, caressing him in a way that turned him from a god in control of himself into a fawning teenager.
The widows will be fawning all over him—even more than usual.
King Scargill had found a new set of fawning lackeys.
It was so ludicrous it made you think of Mel Brooks or Monty Python playing a scene of monstrous king and fawning courtiers.
Ingrid, his assistant by day, ignored him and was soon hanging on his arm, accompanied by a few more fawning wannabe vampires.