harry
verb (used with object)
to harass, agitate, or trouble by or as if by repeated attacks; beleaguer.
have harried
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present perfectof harry.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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Converted German merchant raiders, long on speed and cruising range, have harried Allied shipping with painful success.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since then, his guerrillas have harried Red garrisons along the windswept Yunnan-Burma border.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You have harried us of the King’s party out of England,—and in reason I might not leave England without seeing the desire of my heart.”
From Chivalry by Cabell, James Branch
Black hours have harried me, Blind fate has bludgeoned my bent head, And on my brow the iron crown Of sorrow has been crushed.
From Open Water by Stringer, Arthur
Then once again the sea-king cried: "Thy ships have harried far and wide; My part is done—now let thy son Require my daughter to his bride!"
From A Little Book of Western Verse by Field, Eugene
