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
But the reply had always been, that she was an Englishwoman, who was tarrying for a season at the hamlet, and that no one knew more concerning her.
From The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott
But horsemen from the Latin town meantime were on the way, Sent on before to carry word to Turnus, lord and king, While in array amid the fields the host was tarrying.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris
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
While Mrs. Barbauld was tarrying at Geneva, her brother addressed a letter in verse to her: Yet one dear wish still struggles in my breast, And paints one darling object unpossessed.
From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger
