tarry
verb (used without object)
to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn.
had tarried
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past perfectof tarry.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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We had tarried at the old Beaux-Arts police headquarters on Main Street, built in 1914, where Oswald was interrogated after his arrest and where Jack Ruby shot Oswald.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2013
The newspaper intimated that he had tarried at a mughouse, had not been able to appear.
From Time Magazine Archive
"All bets are off," she responded, because Wilson had tarried too long in California.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where they walked, the sun had tarried long and close, until the hills steamed.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the crowd marched off to make bullets and celebrate liberty and independence in the taverns, I realized dark was fast falling, and I had tarried overly long.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
