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
But the dog, half-trained and bewildered, ran only a little way, to return and fawn upon her as though apologetic for his uselessness.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart
He unlocks an under compartment and drags out a pair of pointers, who fawn upon him obsequiously in gratitude for their release.
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Ian Maclaren
People fawn upon her and she is less liable to snubbing if Dame Gossip should assail her.
From The Colored Girl Beautiful by E. Azalia Hackley
He could have had half the town at his rooms to fawn upon him if he had cared for that sort of thing.
From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad
