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

The British had learned that they could match heavier firepower with tactical skill, smoke screening, ganging up�exactly as three British cruisers had harried the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee to her doom off Montevideo.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had harried wide on both shores of the Humber and in Northumberland, had stormed King Ida's fortress of Bamborough, and made a raid upon Berwick.

From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert