Explore Harping through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Harping meaning
singular of harpings
Using Harping
- The main meaning on this page is: singular of harpings
- In the example corpus, harping often appears in combinations such as: harping on, been harping.
Context around Harping
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harping
- In this selection, "harping" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, continuous, people, keeps, less, continually and traditions stand out and add context to how "harping" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include blog constantly harping on the and chieftains are harping on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harping" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harping
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Harping on “why” is just going to take away the energy, the energy that is fueling an unstoppable train. (19 words)
Harping on about the power of connection is ironic if you don’t actually get close to interviewing your interviewees. (20 words)
Nobody has circulated any photographs or videos of the said Mosque that Ganduje and other APC Chieftains are harping on. (20 words)
No one is demolishing the pool, but there was also mismanagement of funds by the very people harping on about it and a number of people need to be taken to task for this,” he said. (36 words)
With all those symposia and panel discussions following Emancipation Day, our Eyewitness is very disappointed – but not really surprised – about the continuous harping on “race” to explain any perceived negative happening in Guyana. (33 words)
He restated the commitment of his administration to the welfare of teachers, harping on the need for them to reciprocate government’s gesture by working conscientiously towards achieving the desired goals. (31 words)
Example sentences (17)
And boy, oh boy, have they been harping on about their Garda station ever since – regardless to what they were told by the Po-Po.
Etiaba said the expectations of Nigerians is that election tribunals must strive to do justice by harping less on technicalities and seeking to do substantial justice.
With all those symposia and panel discussions following Emancipation Day, our Eyewitness is very disappointed – but not really surprised – about the continuous harping on “race” to explain any perceived negative happening in Guyana.
No one is demolishing the pool, but there was also mismanagement of funds by the very people harping on about it and a number of people need to be taken to task for this,” he said.
Everyone keeps harping about Shandro…we know, we know…he’s on the take and he’s rigged everything in his favor.
Harping on about the power of connection is ironic if you don’t actually get close to interviewing your interviewees.
Like this blog constantly harping on the lack of discipline in Madison’s schools, yet saying nothing on the lack of discipline of republicans in DC.
He restated the commitment of his administration to the welfare of teachers, harping on the need for them to reciprocate government’s gesture by working conscientiously towards achieving the desired goals.
Maharashtra BJP leaders have been harping that the party aims to win at least 220 of the total 288 Assembly seats along with allies.
Nobody has circulated any photographs or videos of the said Mosque that Ganduje and other APC Chieftains are harping on.
Harping on “why” is just going to take away the energy, the energy that is fueling an unstoppable train.
Mugabe claimed that his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa was in office illegally, before harping on the need to correct the "disgrace" of the military.
That’s something we’ve been harping on the last few days at practice and I think the guys really took it to heart heading into this one.
The liberal mainstream media has been harping on about it with nothing to show for all the hype for over a year now.
This approach — harping on some adversaries’ human rights records while otherwise turning a blind eye — shatters U.S. credibility and moral authority on the matter.
Maecenas endeavoured also to divert the less masculine genius of Propertius from harping continually on his love to themes of public interest.
While one course of European harps led to greater complexity, resulting largely in the modern pedal harp, other harping traditions maintained simpler diatonic instruments which survived and evolved into modern traditions.
Common combinations with harping
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- harping on 13×
- been harping 4×