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
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 Maclaren, Ian
They fawn upon me with their lips, but deceit is in their hearts.
From Under Sealed Orders by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)
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
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
