harboring
Example Sentences
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Harboring silent expectations can, as you found out, lead to resentment.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025
Harboring hard feelings seemed like a reflective act, but now that I thought about it, I had to admit that holding on to those feelings was a conscious choice.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2022
Harboring one of the largest historically protected zones in France, the city is rife with legends, like that of the fairy Mélusine, linked to the Plantagenets.
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021
Harboring and defending the undesirables and castoffs of the community irked her more “respectable” fellow parishioners.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2021
Harboring a woman on company property, even though she were, in some sense, a charge of the company, might be open to misconceptions.
From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
