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

And why did he harp upon this name Gessner, Richard Gessner!

From Aladdin of London or, Lodestar by Pemberton, Max, Sir

Is it not made in the paradise you harp upon, the paradise we are coming to?

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

And that is the point which I want to harp upon, the necessity of keeping the goal in view and of not wandering off into side issues.

From Three Things by Glyn, Elinor

The great idea to harp upon is Union.

From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline