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
Carry his lap-dogs; fondle his cats; fawn upon his spaniels: what care I?
From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. by De Quincey, Thomas
It was his policy to fawn upon all and never permit himself to think that an insult was intended.
From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David
Were I she, Base as she is, you would not bid me leave you: But hang upon my neck, take slight excuses, And fawn upon my falsehood.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir
He painted a portrait of Marco Dolce, and when the picture was sent home, his dogs began to fawn upon it, mistaking it for their master.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub
