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
People fawn upon her and she is less liable to snubbing if Dame Gossip should assail her.
From The Colored Girl Beautiful by Hackley, E. Azalia
They are quite willing to fawn upon me now when I have met with some success.
From Rod of the Lone Patrol by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)
"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
How long did I not fawn upon you, from the proud patrician down to the shoemaker and the pepper-seller, around whose necks you hang the magisterial insignia, like halters around asses?
From Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom by Borrow, George Henry
