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
Mr. Pickwick, who came to fawn upon him, the same being his doggish custom of a morning, found Richard tolerant but abstracted.
From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry
"Puss will forgive me," said Juliet, holding out her small white hand to the cat, which immediately left off rubbing herself against Aunt Dorothy's velvet stomacher, to fawn upon the proffered peace-offering.
From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Moodie, Susanna
They should recollect that literature may fawn upon the masses as well as on the aristocracy: and in these days the temptation is in the former direction.
From The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed by Helps, Arthur, Sir
Do not fawn upon me little man, I am too old to want women or money.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
