harry
verb (used with object)
to harass, agitate, or trouble by or as if by repeated attacks; beleaguer.
were 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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The Pompano stood high in the fleet of U.S. submarines that were harrying the enemy's supply line, wrecking his shipping.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Willkie observed that when Congressional committees were harrying him and his fellow businessmen, he had kept mum lest he be accused of self-interest.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the imperial alliance had made England an enemy of her brother of Cleves, whose territory the Emperor’s troops were harrying with fire and sword; and her position in England was a most difficult one.
From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp
The French were harrying Flanders, and were threatening to invade Holland.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
It was not long before privateers in his name were harrying the Spanish vessels and swooping down upon the ports held by the Spaniards.
From A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Edwards, Clayton
