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[ hahr-ping ] / ˈhɑr pɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR harping ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Shipbuilding.any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached. Also har·pin [hahr-pin], /ˈhɑr pɪn/, harp·ins [hahr-pinz]. /ˈhɑr pɪnz/. Origin of harping1620–30; perhaps harp + -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM harpingun·harp·ing, adjectiveWords nearby harpingharp, harper, Harpers Ferry, Harper Woods, Harpies, harping, harpings, harpist, harp on, harpoon, harpoon gun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for harping“For three months he had been harping on that he had made a mistake and had lost his way,” she writes in May 2014. Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex|Lizzie Crocker|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Harping about a Republican war on women while wages stagnate and growth sputters is trivial and desperate. Earth to DNC: Dyspeptic Dad Still Votes, Too|Lloyd Green|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST So are my Marlboros, which my wife has been harping on ever since I started up smoking again. This Is Your E-Cigarette on Drugs|Daniel Genis|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST There is nothing to be gained by harping on about events in 2002, however disconcerting those events were. Modi Crushes Gandhi in India’s Election Landslide|Tunku Varadarajan|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sequester, tax increases, and the continual Republican harping on budget cuts have all caused damage to the labor market. Stock Market Soars on Fed’s Bond-Buying Announcement|Daniel Gross|September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST Nothing else could have such a fatal facility for harping on one string. The Dominant Strain|Anna Chapin Ray Latterly she had been for ever harping upon this one theme,––her duty! John Marchmont's Legacy, Volumes I-III|Mary E. Braddon He had been harping on the city string again and asked me if I intended to live and die a withered beauty on a back-trail ranch. The Prairie Child|Arthur Stringer “Such a brilliant match as I have made,” cried her ladyship, harping on her old string. Lady Maude's Mania|George Manville Fenn It was not satisfactory to my lady, and she kept Lucy the whole of the morning, harping upon the sore point. Verner's Pride|Mrs. Henry Wood
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