harps on

Example Sentences

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Mina resents when Sade harps on the inequities of their childhoods.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

The discourse around hip hop often harps on Black artists who use the "N-word", stokes racialized resentment of rappers for "driving in Mercedes-Benzs," and hyperventilates over lyrics that celebrate sexual freedom.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2022

Saban and his wife, Terry, have been married for more than 45 years and there’s definitely one thing she harps on him about, he admitted Thursday.

From Fox News • Oct. 1, 2021

That’s the lesson Jacoby harps on with his high-school players: A lineman’s power comes from his legs, but it starts with proper feet placement — for most guys, slightly more than shoulder-width apart.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2017

There’s a false beast that takes the form of instinct and harps on the pointlessness of everything that happens.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan