harry
verb
har·ry
| \ ˈher-ē
, ˈha-rē\
, ˈha-rē\
harried;
harrying
Definition of harry
1
: to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault
2
: to force to move along by harassing
harrying the terrified horses down out of the mountains— R. A. Sokolov
3
: to torment by or as if by constant attack
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The government chased and harried the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Lakota, and other tribes and burned their food and lodges. — David Treuer, Harper's magazine, "2020 Vision," 10 Jan. 2019 Prosecutors have indeed harried the chaebol under Mr Moon. — The Economist, "South Korea’s left-wing president loses his zeal to humble big business," 22 June 2019 Doctors and nurses stepped over legs and bodies, the nurses harried and short-tempered. — Lynn Freed, Harper's magazine, "We Were So Happy Then," 10 Mar. 2019 The humiliation of Kraft Heinz will come as a relief to the harried of bosses of rival food companies, particularly Europe’s lumbering giants Unilever , Danone and Nestlé . — Carol Ryan, WSJ, "The Failure of Kraft Heinz and the Future of Big Food," 22 Feb. 2019 Teams which are not particularly easy on the eye, but sides that get the job done; a group of players who hustle, harry, work hard and dig in. — SI.com, "Big Picture: How Burnley Evolved From Free-Flowing Party Boys Into Rock-Solid European Contenders," 14 Mar. 2018 In the Cold War, the U.S. called on naval forces to harry the Soviets on their naval flanks and distract them from Germany’s heartland. — Seth Cropsey, WSJ, "How to Win a Cold War With Beijing," 25 Oct. 2018 Not Sweden, which is harrying Switzerland everywhere. — The Associated Press, New York Times, "Sweden Makes World Cup Quarterfinals for First Time Since 1994," 5 July 2018 The days of Egidio Arevalo Rio scuttling around midfield harrying anything that moved have gone. — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, "Manager Oscar Tabarez Wields His Influence to Mold, Adapt, Embody Uruguay," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'harry.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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