harry
verb (used with object)
to harass, agitate, or trouble by or as if by repeated attacks; beleaguer.
has harried
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present perfectof harry (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Meantime the Federal Government has harried individual Longsters with one of the most spirited income tax investigations on record.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jennet Clouston and mony mair that he has harried out of house and hame.
From Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Down in the canyon of the Boiling Water there is a band of outlaws that has harried this valley for years.
From The King of Arcadia by Francis Lynde
The costume was to be instantly recognized as one of those amazing conceptions to which competition has harried the inventors of the spectacular ballet.
From Whirligigs by O. Henry
He’s a wicked auld man, and there’s many would like to see him girning in a tow:7 Jennet Clouston and mony mair that he has harried out of house and hame.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
