Example Sentences

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In the book, she’s a paper-thin virtual idol, whom Wade stalks and harries for attention.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2018

He hustles and harries various Chelsea defenders in quick succession as they pass the ball out from the back, no doubt knackering himself out in the process.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2017

Nelson harries the French fleet in the Mediterranean.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2014

He harries attacking midfielders, breaks up passes, and clogs space.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2014

During the summer and autumn of 1636, a Mindanao chief named Tagal harries the coasts of Cuyo and Calamianes.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander