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
Smerdis Ahafid seems to harp upon his strings.
From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton
What is there about Volney, please tell me, that you harp upon the name?
From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Foote, Mary Hallock
She should particularly harp upon that fault or that failing by which the wife may appear to be the most affected.
From The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
And why did he harp upon this name Gessner, Richard Gessner!
From Aladdin of London or, Lodestar by Pemberton, Max, Sir
