Tarried
[tæri:d]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Tarry
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Examples
- They tarried not to bid their fathers and mothers good-bye, or any friend they knew. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You had better have tarried there to fight for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre, said the Templar. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Therefore we tarried only a short time at the pit. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I concluded he would leave her in a servant's charge and withdraw; but he entered: having tarried a little while below, he came up-stairs. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They trooped after us, and never more while we tarried in Fayal did we get rid of them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thou hast tarried long, he said; I have been as if stretched on red-hot iron with very impatience. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Possibly it may be thought that our party tarried too long, or did other improper things, but such was not the case. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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