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
“How I do hate for any one to fawn upon me like that!”
From Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East by Overend, William Heysham
It was his policy to fawn upon all and never permit himself to think that an insult was intended.
From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David
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
I am too old to fawn upon a nurse, Too far in years to be a pupil now.
From How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition by Abbott, Edwin Abbott
