harry
verb (used with object)
to harass, agitate, or trouble by or as if by repeated attacks; beleaguer.
had been harrying
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past perfect progressiveof harry.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Even before the tabling of the contract, members of Parliament, notably Major Archer-Shee, a Conservative, had been harrying Mr. Herbert Samuel, the Postmaster-General.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward
All this time, of course, Dutch fleets had been harrying the Pacific coast, and the Dutch had actually obtained a footing in Southern Chile, although this was not destined to prove permanent.
From South America by W. H. (William Henry) Koebel
A man-of-war had been sent as a convoy to the vessels, for the quick-sailing frigates of France had been harrying British shipping, and the mercantile marine needed protection.
From The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Louis Aubrey Wood
