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
The worst of Sir Walter is, that he has harried all Scotland.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
There is also good fishing, but that will profit you little; for after Keeonekh has harried a pool it is useless to cast your fly or minnow there.
From Secret of the Woods by William Joseph Long
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
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
