All 3 Uses of
fawn
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Freedom, free thought and science, will lead them into such straits and will bring them face to face with such marvels and insoluble mysteries, that some of them, the fierce and rebellious, will destroy themselves, others, rebellious but weak, will destroy one another, while the rest, weak and unhappy, will crawl fawning to our feet and whine to us: "Yes, you were right, you alone possess His mystery, and we come back to you, save us from ourselves!"†
Chpt 5
- She hastened to make the acquaintance of the teachers and their wives, even made up to Kolya's schoolfellows, and fawned upon them in the hope of thus saving Kolya from being teased, laughed at, or beaten by them.†
Chpt 10 *
- He was surrounded by people congratulating him and fawning upon him.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(fawn as in: fawned all over her) showing excessive flattery or affection