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 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
I would not fawn upon the hand that smote; I would not cringe beneath its cruel blow, Nor even let her know I cared for it.
From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox
Carry his lap-dogs; fondle his cats; fawn upon his spaniels: what care I?
From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. by De Quincey, Thomas
Mr. Pickwick, who came to fawn upon him, the same being his doggish custom of a morning, found Richard tolerant but abstracted.
From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry
