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

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

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

At length Melchoir's star seemed to tarry over the spire of a gothic church, into which the people were going in throngs.

From Christmas Stories And Legends by Curtiss, Phebe A.