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harry
1[ har-ee ]
verb (used with object)
- to harass, agitate, or trouble by or as if by repeated attacks; beleaguer:
He was harried by constant doubts.
- to ravage, as in war; devastate:
The troops harried the countryside.
verb (used without object)
- to make harassing incursions.
harry
/ ˈhærɪ /
verb
- tr to harass; worry
- to ravage (a town, etc), esp in war
Word History and Origins
Origin of harry1
Word History and Origins
Origin of harry1
Example Sentences
There is, fortunately, not too much telling of the future in Harry Potter.
President Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that read: “The Buck Stops Here.”
“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” Harry S. Connelly Jr. says in the video, according to the Times.
In 1951, Harry Truman fired Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War.
The biggest misfire here, though, was the notion that anyone would believe that this dude looked at all like Prince Harry.
Do you want the marriage of your daughter with the rich and Honourable Harry broken?
During this conversation Harry's right hand was resting beneath his jacket, grasping the butt of his revolver.
"Colonel Shaffer is a few miles to the west with about five hundred men," replied Harry.
Harry had no further adventures in reaching Fulton, and at once reported to Captain Duffield, who was in command of the post.
"It will go through, if I live," calmly replied Harry, as he carefully concealed the message in the lining of his coat.
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