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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Since then, his guerrillas have harried Red garrisons along the windswept Yunnan-Burma border.
From Time Magazine Archive
Converted German merchant raiders, long on speed and cruising range, have harried Allied shipping with painful success.
From Time Magazine Archive
If I did not so state, my conscience would sting me through life, and I should have harried dreams like Richard III.
From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and Return by Artemus Ward
All the peoples of the earth have harried Bengal.
From Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling
For thirty-three years I have harried both summer and winter.
From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Nora Kershaw
