Synonyms for harping

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hahr-ping

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr pɪŋ

Définition of harping

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.

verb nag

Example sentences :

I wish you are not indeed angry with me for harping so much on one string.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Nothing else could have such a fatal facility for harping on one string.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

"I don't see the use of your harping on that affair," said Hardman angrily.
Extract from : « Klondike Nuggets » by E. S. Ellis

I can't see why you keep on harping on his fitness for the place.
Extract from : « A Man of Two Countries » by Alice Harriman

Digging and mining will be done; so will harping and singing.
Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith

This was a danger, but I did not choose to make it worse by harping on it.
Extract from : « The Reckoning » by Robert W. Chambers

She was especially fond of harping on the threat of leaving Golovliovo.
Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov

Oswald was fretful and fitful, and he said that he cared not for harping.
Extract from : « Ulric the Jarl » by William O. Stoddard

Then came the blacksmith business and the songs and the harping.
Extract from : « Ned, the son of Webb » by William O. Stoddard

Fat was the feasting, and loud was the harping, in the halls of Alef, King of Gweek.
Extract from : « Cornish Saints and Sinners » by J. Henry Harris

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