tarry

Bright red stool, dark or tarry stool, or mucus in the stool can be associated with bleeding somewhere in the gastrointestinal tract, colon, or rectum.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Brands never lets his subject tarry long enough to freeze into marmoreal stillness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

In the western province of Alberta, where many ferocious wildfires burned, huge deposits of thick crude oil, mixed with tarry sand, sit beneath the forest and near the snaking Athabasca River.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

Thick mats of tarry petroleum asphalt cover portions of sandbars.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

Soon it occurred to her that there was no longer any reason to tarry here.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

In one clever bit of staging, Hamlet tarries in the forefront as the king and queen canoodle in back and guards race by mid-stage between them, fresh from sighting the former king’s ghost.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

Mansionization foes, meanwhile, complained that out-of-scale homes have continued to be erected as the city tarries on citywide fixes, necessitating more immediate measures to protect neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2015

He tarries awhile in this hovel of Muscovite anguish to bring light into the souls of the people, and by token of a dusted window, into the room, the main scene of sorrow.

From Time Magazine Archive

If he, Gephardt or any other potential candidate tarries even past Thursday, he would also be shut out of the important May 5 primary in Ohio.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Yes,” said Sister McCandless, “that sure is a praying man. I tell you, it ain’t every shepherd tarries before the Lord for his flock like Father James does.”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Nobody seemed to side with him, and everybody seemed ready—when once the tongues were loosed—to say a word for Jud and "th' best tarrier i'Riggan."

From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Frances Hodgson Burnett

It 's that little tarrier dog of yours, Mrs. Hopkins, that will be after worryin' the mice an' the rats, an' the thaves too, I 'll warrant.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various

An ill-natured old man and an old chawed up bull tarrier 259 are just the things tew set side bi side sumwhare in the sun, and fite flies for amuzement!

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

Where wings to rustle use, But this poor tarrier - Searching my spirit's eaves - Find I for carrier.

From Poems by Francis Thompson

Mi wife iz one ov them kind ov wimmin that don’t make enny statements unless they are true, so yu needn’t send me enny more tarrier.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

From thy poppied sleep awake; From they golden dreams arise; Earth and seas new colors take, Love-light dawns in rosy skies, Weird night's fantastic shadows are outworn; Why tarriest thou, oh, sister to the morn?

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Emma Lazarus

O Brettinoro!  wherefore tarriest still, Since forth of thee thy family hath gone, And many, hating evil, join'd their steps?

From The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 3 by Henry Francis Cary

Come to my lodge, perchance thou art hungry; the fire has been kindled, the water is boiling, a welcome awaits thee, why tarriest longer?

From Indian Legends of Vancouver Island by J. Semeyn

Then said to me the glorious Power, standing in stature as a giant,—'Come! why tarriest thou?

From My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper

But this it is that doth displease me: So oft thou tarriest at the tavern, While I am tethered at the door.

From An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics by Various

This time, we deliberately tarried for the scores of curious locals and drivers who wanted to know about our bike, our route, our motivation and “Are you still talking?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025

However, ocean-faring ships tarried in San Pedro Bay as crews struggled to keep up with the pace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2022

It was indeed the correct train, which Melanie would have missed if she’d tarried even a moment longer.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2022

After the reporters’ questions dwindled, he tarried in the hallway, leaning against a column, signing autographs on visitors’ entry cards like a Broadway star, patiently enjoying it.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2019

While Booth and Herold tarried, the government pursued them with new energy.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

I see the final visitors depart, many tarrying until the last second.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

My mind went back to midnight prayers and long, hot, sweaty tarrying services.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2021

The challenge for Churchill residents is to encourage the bears to head to the tundra without tarrying in town.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2019

The Rev. Everly Thomas is the only spirit who is aware of where and why everyone is stuck, and he has his own reasons for tarrying.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2017

“It took me and Mr. Leroy near ’bouts a hour to ride it, but we waren’t tarrying atall.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis