HARRY in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for HARRY, such as:
1. The army harried the enemy's border.
2. The tax authorities have been harrying her for repayment.
3. That St Withold's of Burton is an owlet's nest worth the harrying.
4. She harried the authorities, writing letters and getting up petitions.
5. Mostly to be left alone, not to be harried by people I don't like, driven to do things I don't want to do.
2. The tax authorities have been harrying her for repayment.
3. That St Withold's of Burton is an owlet's nest worth the harrying.
4. She harried the authorities, writing letters and getting up petitions.
5. Mostly to be left alone, not to be harried by people I don't like, driven to do things I don't want to do.
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Meanings and Examples of HARRY
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harry
v. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
v. annoy continually or chronically
Classic Sentence:
1 Crowds formed at the depot, hoping for news from incoming trains, at the telegraph office, in front of the harried headquarters, before the locked doors of the newspapers.
2 The government did its best, but the efforts came to nothing, for the government was harried by many things.
3 The crowd halted uncertainly, grinning, and Big Sam, followed by three other large negroes, ran across the road to the carriage, closely followed by the harried, shouting officer.
4 Now that she thought about it, they hadn't made her particularly happy, though they made her less harried, less fearful of the morrow.
5 Mostly to be left alone, not to be harried by people I don't like, driven to do things I don't want to do.
6 In addition to all their physical hardships, there was thus a constant strain upon their minds; they were harried all day and nearly all night by worry and fear.
7 I am no antiquarian, but I could imagine that they were some unwarlike and harried race who were forced to accept that which none other would occupy.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
8 Forgetful of the store and the mills, she spent her time on the lot, arguing with carpenters, bickering with masons, harrying the contractor.
9 That St Withold's of Burton is an owlet's nest worth the harrying.
Example Sentence:
1 The army harried the enemy's border.
2 She harried the authorities, writing letters and getting up petitions.
3 The tax authorities have been harrying her for repayment.