harp upon
Example Sentences
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Some sense of the grimly-ludicrous moved me to a fretful laugh, as I replied, “I have looked over it. In Heaven’s name, don’t harp upon it!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
He had ceased to harp upon the string of his desolation.
From Jan and Her Job by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)
Are you going to harp upon the same string?
From Saint Michael A Romance by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
John wished that James would not always harp upon their respective fortunes: it made him feel uncomfortable, especially when he was sitting down to cold mutton.
From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton
The great idea to harp upon is Union.
From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
