tarry
verb (used without object)
to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn.
was tarrying
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past progressiveof tarry.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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Sor Asunci6n said, as if she had asked a question and I was tarrying in my answer.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
He was quite alone with the lady, who went past him now, only looking, as she walked, to see why he was tarrying.
From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall
He remembered the day not only, but that "it was about the tenth hour when he accepted the invitation to come and see where Jesus was tarrying."
From A Life of St. John for the Young by George Ludington Weed
He heard an explosion in another part of the vessel—he knew another tier of guns had been reached by the flames; he was tarrying too long.
From In the Day of Adversity by John Bloundelle-Burton
And when they were equipped they have turned from above Southampton and have kept to the right way till they have reached Winchester where the king was tarrying.
From Cliges; a romance by Laetitia Jane Gardiner
