harp on

Example Sentences

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But I don’t ever harp on things like that or watch people’s failures because I’ve had one.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

But again, with so many issues, hot-button issues, we don't harp on it.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2024

No use continuing to harp on something outrageous when one’s outrage falls straight into the void.

From Slate • May 13, 2023

“We speak on it and harp on it a lot with the interior guys, you know, like, ‘Is Chris getting double-teamed?’”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2023

I always imagined my herald—their official name, not mine—would sound sympathetic and ease me into this news, maybe even harp on how it’s especially tragic because I’m so young.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera