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
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- brake
- check
- die
- drag one's feet
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- halt
- hamper
- hedge
- hinder
- hold off
- interrupt
- not move
- play for time
- postpone
- prevaricate
- put off
- quibble
- shut down
- slow
- slow down
- stand
- stand off
- stand still
- stay
- still
- stonewall
- stop
- suspend
- take one's time
- tarry
- temporize
- be over
- blow off
- break
- break off
- call it a day
- cease
- close
- cold turkey
- come to a standstill
- conclude
- cool it
- cut out
- cut short
- desist
- discontinue
- draw up
- drop
- end
- finish
- halt
- hang it up
- hold
- kill
- pause
- pull up
- put an end to
- quit
- quit cold
- refrain
- run its course
- scrub
- shut down
- sign off
- stall
- stand
- stay
- tarry
- terminate
- wind up
- wrap up
- blows off
- breaks
- breaks off
- calls it a day
- ceases
- closes
- cold turkey
- comes to a standstill
- concludes
- cool it
- cuts out
- cuts short
- desists
- discontinues
- draws up
- drops
- ends
- finishes
- halts
- hangs it up
- holds
- is over
- kills
- pauses
- pulls up
- puts an end to
- quits
- quits cold
- refrains
- runs its course
- scrubs
- shuts down
- signs off
- stalls
- stands
- stays
- tarries
- terminates
- winds up
- wraps up
- bedog
- bring up the rear
- chase
- dally
- dangle
- dawdle
- delay
- dog
- drag
- draggle
- draw
- droop
- drop back
- extend
- fall back
- fall behind
- falter
- flag
- follow a scent
- halt
- hang
- hang back
- hang down
- haul
- hunt
- lag
- linger
- loiter
- nose out
- plod
- poke
- poke along
- procrastinate
- pull
- pursue
- shadow
- shag
- spook
- spoor
- stalk
- straggle
- stream
- string along
- tag along
- tail
- take out after
- tarry
- tow
- trace
- track
- traipse
- trudge
- called
- called on
- came around
- came by
- chatted
- conversed
- crashed
- dropped by
- dropped in
- dropped over
- dwelt
- frequented
- hit
- inspected
- looked around
- looked in on
- looked up
- paid a call
- paid a visit to
- played
- popped in
- resided
- saw
- sojourned
- stayed at
- stayed with
- step in
- stopped by
- stopped off
- swing by
- talked
- tarried
- took in
- toured
- went over to
- went to saw
- calls
- calls on
- chats
- comes around
- comes by
- converses
- crashes
- drops by
- drops in
- drops over
- dwells
- frequents
- goes over to
- goes to sees
- hits
- inspects
- looks around
- looks in on
- looks up
- pays a call
- pays a visit to
- plays
- pops in
- resides
- sees
- sojourns
- stays at
- stays with
- step in
- stops by
- stops off
- swing by
- takes in
- talks
- tarries
- tours
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