Synonyms for harp upon

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hahrp

Phonetic Transcription : hɑrp

Définition of harp upon

Origin : Old English hearpian; see harp (n.). Cognate with Middle Dutch, Dutch harpen, Middle High German harpfen, German harfen. Figurative sense of "talk overmuch" (about something) first recorded mid-15c., originally to harp upon one string. Related: Harped; harping.

As in harp on : verb repeat

Example sentences :

And why did he harp upon this name Gessner, Richard Gessner!
Extract from : « Aladdin of London » by Sir Max Pemberton

It seemed to quiver like the chords of a harp upon which a hand is laid.
Extract from : « Meg's Friend » by Alice Abigail Corkran

But Joe had got the idea of a present in his head and must harp upon it.
Extract from : « Great Expectations » by Charles Dickens

But Murphy continued to harp upon the subject of domestic preparedness.
Extract from : « The Lookout Man » by B. M. Bower

Threats of prayer, however, that harp upon their sincerity, are not very well worth having.
Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith

Look here, Miriam, we don't want to harp upon this affair; it's a beastly bad business, and the sooner we forget it the better.
Extract from : « The Woman's Way » by Charles Garvice

And when he had promised this he hung his harp upon his back and went away with the messengers to the king's palace.
Extract from : « The Story-teller » by Maud Lindsay

And he wrapped his old cloak about him, and hung his harp upon his back, and went out from the king's palace without another word.
Extract from : « The Story-teller » by Maud Lindsay

She was seated a little apart from the rest, one white arm hanging listlessly over the harp upon which she had just been playing.
Extract from : « The Argosy » by Various

She laid her harp upon the shrine, and to her surprise the strings began to quiver of their own accord!
Extract from : « The Ravens and the Angels » by Elizabeth Rundle Charles

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