Example Sentences

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Wouldn’t you let your friends know, just like that, if they were harping on some other point that got on your nerves?

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

"Just accomplishing the goal. Have to get in first, and that's kind of what we were harping on," Miller said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2018

“It’s something we were harping on all week, but that’s what was happening,” cornerback Delvin Breaux said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2016

The lawmakers were touring what appeared to be a peaceful market in Baghdad to make the point that U.S. journalists were harping too much on killings.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2014

The cops were looking for him everywhere, for news was scarce, and the newspapers were harping again on the failure of the police to suppress the gangs.

From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.