tarry
verb (used without object)
to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn.
have tarried
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present perfectof tarry.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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Bowie could have tarried longer on the glam-rock bandwagon he had helped create, but he changed yet again on 1975’s Young Americans.
From Time ● Jan. 17, 2016
So, too, the Irish government has moved swiftly to balance its books while others have tarried.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2011
Having finally repulsed the Iraqi invaders with tremendous casualties on both sides, the Iranians have tarried for months without launching their long-threatened "final offensive."
From Time Magazine Archive
Not so surprising: Burroughs may have tarried in the circles of personal and political hell, but the no-nonsense Midwest still adheres to his blunt, declarative, police-blotter prose and reverberates in his croaking iconoclastic voice.
From Time Magazine Archive
You have tarried long," said she; "everything has been ready for the bridal a year and a day.
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
