tarried; tarrying
1
a
: to delay or be tardy in acting or doing
b
: to linger in expectation : wait
2
: to abide or stay in or at a place
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Examples of tarry in a Sentence
Verb
Tarry with us a while.
upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain
Noun
a fable about the tarry of two Americans in a Scottish village that every century magically comes into existence for a day
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Longreads, 6 July 2022
However, these birds do not tarry long.
—Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 10 Sep. 2020
Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 1 Sep. 2020
Ingestion of sago palm leaves, seeds or other plant parts causes liver failure, usually signaled by drooling, vomiting, diarrhea or a tarry black stool, depression, appetite loss, abdominal pain, lethargy and jaundice.
—Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 14 Mar. 2018
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Verb
To avoid suspicion, the young men decided to tarry for a couple of days rather than cross into the neighboring socialist republic right away.
—Longreads, 6 July 2022
However, these birds do not tarry long.
—Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 10 Sep. 2020
Adjective
Often, Petite Sirah produces a wine that is too tarry, too dense, too chewy.
—Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 1 Sep. 2020
Ingestion of sago palm leaves, seeds or other plant parts causes liver failure, usually signaled by drooling, vomiting, diarrhea or a tarry black stool, depression, appetite loss, abdominal pain, lethargy and jaundice.
—Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 14 Mar. 2018
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“Tarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarry. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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tarry
1 of 2 verb
tar·ry
ˈtar-ē 
tarried; tarrying
1
: to be slow in coming or going
2
: to stay in or at a place
tarry
2 of 2 adjective
tar·ry
ˈtär-ē
: of, resembling, or covered with tar
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