harry
verb (used with object)
to harass, agitate, or trouble by or as if by repeated attacks; beleaguer.
was harrying
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past progressiveof harry.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At eleven he had arranged to see a young clergyman whose conscience was harrying him.
From Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley
Whydah was reached again on 18th February 1864, and within a week came news that Gelele, puffed up with confidence and vainglory, had set out for Abeokuta, and was harrying that district.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
The thought that he was harrying one of the Thorntons overbore any consideration he felt for his daughter, even if he stopped to think that her affection was anything except the silliness of childhood.
From The Ramrodders A Novel by Holman Day
And the hearts of the selling people turned from thoughts of who owed them money and who was harrying them for money.
From The Wind Bloweth by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
The big master-mechanic had a round-house foreman "on the carpet" and was harrying him like the dickens for letting an engine go out with one of her truck safety chains hanging loose.
From The Wreckers by Francis Lynde
