tarry over
Example Sentences
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Long did bewhiskered Frenchmen tarry over their Amer Picon discussing the significance of the latest hitch in the "affaires" of the Rumanian romancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Truly, said Sir Lamorak, and I will abide here with you; and when ye ride, then will I ride, unless that ye tarry over long; then will I take my horse.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
Yet ofttimes do guests tarry over the Pascal cup until the hour grow late.
From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie
But there was one of Brutus's party, named Atellius, who opposed his resolution, advising rather that they should tarry over the winter.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
He does not tarry over the foreign territory, nor does he hurry.
From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William
