harping

Example Sentences

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"They are harping on about getting more disabled people in employment," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

Believe me, I’m completely aware that I sound like a Scrooge, a buzzkill harping and carping about innocuous movies that are meant to be little more than background noise while people scroll on their phones.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2024

Kavanaugh then pivoted, harping on “detransitioners”—people who transitioned, and then stopped identifying as transgender.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2024

But, he also painted a broader picture of why he is concerned about increased regulation, harping back to Amazon’s blocked acquisition of iRobot, the Boston-based maker of the autonomous vacuum cleaners Roomba.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

I never had one hour’s happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens