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 is a trial—I know—a desperte visitation, poor fawn, upon your feelings; but, as I said, destiny will be triumphant.
From Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
People fawn upon her and she is less liable to snubbing if Dame Gossip should assail her.
From The Colored Girl Beautiful by Hackley, E. Azalia
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
How long did I not fawn upon you, from the proud patrician down to the shoemaker and the pepper-seller, around whose necks you hang the magisterial insignia, like halters around asses?
From Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom by Borrow, George Henry
