fawn upon

Example Sentences

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Why do the hotelkeeper, the banker and the lawyer first fawn upon him, then try to threaten and bully him out of town?

From Time Magazine Archive

It was always possible to tell at once if an antelope had a fawn upon the plain, for she would run in a wide circle around the spot and refuse to be driven away.

From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman

With this the young courageous child sprang on the bridge, and quickly passed the little dog, who immediately ceased his barking to fawn upon her.

From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig

And I'm wondering if these people who fawn upon Ribiera aren't paying a price for—well—antidotes, or their equivalent.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Bates, Harry

For there were plenty to fawn upon him and tell him he was quite right.

From My New Curate by Sheehan, Patrick Augustine