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
Children adore her, dogs fawn upon her, young men bring to her all their troubles,—the evil behavior of their tailors and their mistresses are alike laid before her.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
But the dog, half-trained and bewildered, ran only a little way, to return and fawn upon her as though apologetic for his uselessness.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Lockhart, Caroline
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
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
