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verb

past tense of harry

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Recent Examples of harried
Verb
The staff is mutually supportive, in a harried way, but the work is relentless: There is too much, and then there’s one more thing and then there’s a mass shooting at a downtown festival and the doors blow open. James Poniewozik, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Mags and Angela feel an intense connection that Ash circles around as well, and the attraction leads the harried, often-at-odds married couple to explore their own relationship together and apart. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025 Berlin writes about harried and divorced single women, many of them in working-class jobs, with uncanny grace. New York Times, 8 July 2024 The 2021 growing season was cooler than average with maturation and ripening less harried than usual. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for harried
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harried
Adjective
  • Leaders notice when someone can pause—whether stressed, frustrated, anxious or overly excited—and check their emotions before responding.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The trend comes as many of the young adults of Gen Z — digital natives who came of age during the pandemic — have become frustrated with modern socializing.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Butler was incredulous that Curry – harassed by Houston’s long defenders such as Amen Thompson during a three-point, 1-of-10 shooting night – did not get more foul calls.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • McAfee could assert that if someone harassed Cornett after watching his show, then the harasser—not McAfee—is at fault.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Who gets annoyed when one of them comes to visit us?
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 29 July 2025
  • The match Sunday between Britain’s Cameron Norrie and Nicolás Jarry turned into a deliciously passive-aggressive battle, as the Chilean grew increasingly annoyed with how long his opponent was bouncing the ball for between serves.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Villagers plundered the shrine and sold the bronzes to antiquities dealers like Robert Hecht, who faced allegations of smuggling before his death in 2012.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Reprising his role as the exasperated accountant, Oscar (played by actor Oscar Nunez) wants no part in the crew’s latest project.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Jess Walter’s sublime ‘So Far Gone’ finds redemption in exasperated Pacific Northwest exile.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • The musical originally toured the United States for six months in 1976, a legendarily troubled production, retooled constantly, that has long since entered stage lore.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Randall-Pizarro’s lawyer, Margaret Olsen of the Legal Aid Society, wanted the judge to use that earlier test to get the 18-year-old committed in the hopes of sparing her a stay in the troubled city jail complex.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Within minutes, even irritated scalps feel noticeably healthier.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Foods and drinks like chicken soup, tea, and popsicles can soothe an irritated throat.
    Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 29 July 2025
Verb
  • These weapons are reviled among human rights advocacy organizations and can have lasting civilian impacts.
    Ellie Cook, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, however, he is not overlooked but derided or reviled -- the strength of the populace’s reactions is directly proportional to its horror at his accuracy.
    David Mamet, National Review, 21 Nov. 2024

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“Harried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harried. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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