Thesaurus / tarry
FEEDBACKHow to use tarry in a sentence
If I could tarry four or five days longer I could set it to work before going to London.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKMuch as we wished to tarry in this vicinity, our time was so limited that we were compelled to hasten on.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYThe east pier, as far as it was dry, was covered by the fashion and beauty—as well as by the fishy and tarry—of the town.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEIf thou be not a buyer of gold, nor a vendor of silver, tarry not at my door; I have no time for beggars.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJIBlack Hoof was there with a large force, but he could not tarry without leaving the Scioto towns uncovered.
A VIRGINIA SCOUTHUGH PENDEXTERSo the Queen bade him farewell, saying that wheresoever he might chance to tarry there would all deem him a man of prowess.
THE SAGAS OF OLAF TRYGGVASON AND OF HARALD THE TYRANT (HARALD HAARDRAADE)SNORRI STURLUSONThe first precipitate was largest, darkest in color, and carried down more tarry matter.
SOME CONSTITUENTS OF THE POISON IVY PLANT: (RHUS TOXICODENDRON)WILLIAM ANDERSON SYMEAnd by my word, the bonny birdIn danger shall not tarry; For though a storm is coming on,I'll row you o'er the ferry.
THE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSEVARIOUSWhat is to be said in regard to the use of tarry applications?
ESSENTIALS OF DISEASES OF THE SKINHENRY WEIGHTMAN STELWAGONEvil was the hour when I quitted the line of the army, to place a soldier under the orders of an awkward squad of tarry jackets!
THE PILOTJ. FENIMORE COOPERWORDS RELATED TO TARRY
- ambled
- dabbled
- dallied
- dawdled
- delayed
- diddled
- dragged
- flagged
- frittered away
- got no place fast
- halted
- hovered
- idled
- lagged
- lingered
- loafed
- lolled
- lounged
- passed time
- paused
- poked
- procrastinated
- put off
- rambled
- sauntered
- shambled
- shuffled
- slackened
- sloughed
- tarried
- trailed
- traipsed
- waited
- waste time
- abide
- be left
- bide
- bivouac
- bunk
- cling
- continue
- delay
- dwell
- endure
- freeze
- go on
- halt
- hang
- hang out
- hold over
- hold the fort
- hover
- inhabit
- keep on
- last
- linger
- live
- lodge
- make camp
- nest
- outlast
- outlive
- pause
- perch
- persist
- prevail
- put on hold
- remain standing
- reside
- rest
- roost
- sit out
- sit through
- sit tight
- sojourn
- squat
- stand
- stay behind
- stay in
- stay over
- stay put
- stick around
- stop
- survive
- tarry
- visit
- wait
- abided
- be left
- bivouacked
- boded
- bunked
- clung
- continued
- delayed
- dwelt
- endured
- froze
- halted
- held over
- held the fort
- hovered
- hung
- hung out
- inhabited
- kept on
- lasted
- lingered
- lived
- lodged
- made camp
- nested
- outlasted
- outlived
- paused
- perched
- persisted
- prevailed
- put on hold
- remain stood
- resided
- rested
- roosted
- sat out
- sat through
- sat tight
- sojourned
- squatted
- stayed behind
- stayed in
- stayed over
- stayed put
- stood
- stopped
- stuck around
- survived
- tarried
- visited
- waited
- went on
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