Example Sentences

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Yet the spirit of improvement Tarried not for man’s caprices.

From The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. by Potts, Eugenia Dunlap

There his falcon’s wounds to heal he tarried— Tarried long amidst the mountain-forests.

From Servian Popular Poetry by Bowring, John

Left to himself, the deacon grave Tarried not long within, And, thinking of his sturdy beasts, Forgot his medicine.

From The Story of the Two Bulls by Bolles, John R.