harp upon
Example Sentences
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Some sense of the grimly-ludicrous moved me to a fretful laugh, as I replied, “I have looked over it. In Heaven’s name, don’t harp upon it!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Smerdis Ahafid seems to harp upon his strings.
From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton
He had ceased to harp upon the string of his desolation.
From Jan and Her Job by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)
My harp upon the willows, grave, In weeping days is sadly hung, For, Lord, the joy Thy presence gave, Is from my soul in anguish wrung.
From Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church by Brownlie, John
I harp upon that date," said Carlton, "because, as I have already remarked, it seems to have been a fatal date for me.
From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
