tarry
verb (used without object)
to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn.
had been tarrying
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past perfect progressiveof tarry.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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He had been tarrying at City Point, holding daily consultations with General Grant, visiting the army and the iron-clads at Aiken's Landing,—thus avoiding the swarm of place-hunters that darkened the doors of the executive mansion.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various
Joseph then found Mary and they and the ones with whom she had been tarrying went together to the stable and there made themselves comfortable for the night.
From Christmas Stories And Legends by Phebe A. Curtiss
