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
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
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
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
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
