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
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
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
He unlocks an under compartment and drags out a pair of pointers, who fawn upon him obsequiously in gratitude for their release.
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian
