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
Children adore her, dogs fawn upon her, young men bring to her all their troubles,—the evil behavior of their tailors and their mistresses are alike laid before her.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
They fawn upon me with their lips, but deceit is in their hearts.
From Under Sealed Orders by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
They are quite willing to fawn upon me now when I have met with some success.
From Rod of the Lone Patrol by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
Do not fawn upon me little man, I am too old to want women or money.
From Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore
