harry
verb (used with object)
to harass, agitate, or trouble by or as if by repeated attacks; beleaguer.
had harried
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past perfectof harry.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But over time, despite its dystopian origins, it had harried students and busy coders buying bottles and powders in bulk.
From The Verge ● Mar. 1, 2022
Gone was the man who had harried Mr. Trump for his failed business ventures.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2016
Under French-trained General Estigarribia the Paraguayans, born short-end fighters, had harried the Bolivians northwestward across the jungle to the Pilcomayo River, backed them up against their last Chaco stronghold, Fort Ballivian.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the season of respite the Greek islanders had harried the coasts and commerce of Anatolia and Syria at will.
From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Nevill Forbes
Farther on was the particular tract where Hortense Dunton had pottered with her water-colors and had harried him with the heroines of eighteenth century fiction,—but never mind that, either.
From Bertram Cope's Year by Henry Blake Fuller
