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Recent Examples of infatuated
As in Wilde’s book, the play follows a beautiful but vain young man named Dorian Gray, who commissions a portrait from the infatuated artist Basil Hallward.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Yes, the advent of generative AI has fostered a segment of users who are quite infatuated with AI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Ben, who volunteered to look after his daughter on set, then becomes infatuated with Alicia Romano (Matilda Lutz), the Italian star who’s playing Matilda’s mom in the fictional film within the film.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
An infatuated Velma flirts with Coco throughout the movie.
—Jay Valle, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2022
The story follows an outcast named Jane who slowly becomes infatuated with her employer Mr. Rochester.
—Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 27 Feb. 2023
Monica was troubled and a little infatuated with him.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2021
Pippa, unsatisfied with the couple’s vanilla life, becomes the most infatuated.
—Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
Natalie then becomes infatuated with Lia and attempts to befriend the fitness mogul in real life.
—al, 10 Feb. 2023
Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Yes, the advent of generative AI has fostered a segment of users who are quite infatuated with AI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Ben, who volunteered to look after his daughter on set, then becomes infatuated with Alicia Romano (Matilda Lutz), the Italian star who’s playing Matilda’s mom in the fictional film within the film.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
An infatuated Velma flirts with Coco throughout the movie.
—Jay Valle, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2022
The story follows an outcast named Jane who slowly becomes infatuated with her employer Mr. Rochester.
—Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 27 Feb. 2023
Monica was troubled and a little infatuated with him.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2021
Pippa, unsatisfied with the couple’s vanilla life, becomes the most infatuated.
—Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
Natalie then becomes infatuated with Lia and attempts to befriend the fitness mogul in real life.
—al, 10 Feb. 2023
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“Infatuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuated. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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