fawn on
Example Sentences
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As Mills cruises through St. Elizabeths, he points out a fawn on the grass.
From BusinessWeek • Jul. 25, 2013
They fawn on her at the studio gates.
From Time Magazine Archive
Abbes, a combination court assassin and court jester who knows how to fawn on Trujillo's ego, took the bit in his teeth as Trujillo gave him rein.
From Time Magazine Archive
The son had become more prominent than his father, and the hail-'ellows in Toots Shor's who used to fawn on Paul could hardly remember his name, much less his deeds.
From Time Magazine Archive
But his words left her with a conviction that she had again misjudged him, and that when he had appeared to fawn on Haydon he had been merely acting, merely pretending.
From 'Drag' Harlan by Seltzer, Charles Alden
