tarry
verb (used without object)
to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn.
will tarry
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future tenseof tarry.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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They will tarry in the art museums of each city about six weeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
RUAHMAH: Yes, for I will tarry here, While you conduct him to Elisha's house To find the promised healing.
From The House of Rimmon A Drama in Four Acts by Henry Van Dyke
I shall not leave, whatever may befall--and it may be that your mother will tarry here, with me--but the young women shall assuredly be sent away, until the danger is over.
From For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
“Then I reckon she will tarry here, and not go to dwell in the House of Converts in London town?”
From Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
And then are we safe, if we will tarry there, for against our will no power can pull us thence, nor hurt our souls there.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Monica Stevens
