tarry

Bright red stool, dark or tarry stool, or mucus in the stool can be associated with bleeding somewhere in the gastrointestinal tract, colon, or rectum.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Brands never lets his subject tarry long enough to freeze into marmoreal stillness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

In the western province of Alberta, where many ferocious wildfires burned, huge deposits of thick crude oil, mixed with tarry sand, sit beneath the forest and near the snaking Athabasca River.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

Thick mats of tarry petroleum asphalt cover portions of sandbars.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

A tarry odor like hot macadam or turpentine, but with a woodsy edge.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

In one clever bit of staging, Hamlet tarries in the forefront as the king and queen canoodle in back and guards race by mid-stage between them, fresh from sighting the former king’s ghost.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022

Mansionization foes, meanwhile, complained that out-of-scale homes have continued to be erected as the city tarries on citywide fixes, necessitating more immediate measures to protect neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2015

If he, Gephardt or any other potential candidate tarries even past Thursday, he would also be shut out of the important May 5 primary in Ohio.

From Time Magazine Archive

He tarries awhile in this hovel of Muscovite anguish to bring light into the souls of the people, and by token of a dusted window, into the room, the main scene of sorrow.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Yes,” said Sister McCandless, “that sure is a praying man. I tell you, it ain’t every shepherd tarries before the Lord for his flock like Father James does.”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

The rat tarrier iz not so mutch dog, az a personal matter, az the Nufoundland iz, but he haz more grit to the square inch.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

Yus, as old Barnum and Buggins, or tigers and tarrier pups.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 by Various

He resembles the rat tarrier in countenance, and skratches hiz hed, az natral az a distrikt skool boy, and undoubtedly for the same reason.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

I may want a toy tarrier for a present, or a few rats, or a score or two of sparrers, or—eh, Harry?—to see the lady go through the dove performance.

From A Little World by George Manville Fenn

“That’s a nice enough little tarrier as Sir Grantley Wilters brought, and she won’t have none of it, but leaves it to her ladyship.”

From Lady Maude's Mania by George Manville Fenn

O Brettinoro!  wherefore tarriest still, Since forth of thee thy family hath gone, And many, hating evil, join'd their steps?

From The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 3 by Henry Francis Cary

Peace, who tarriest too long; Peace, with delight in thy train; Come, come back to our prayer!

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold

This long while We are stayed for and thou tarriest.

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

Nay, if thy mind be forward with thy years, The time is lost thou tarriest.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

From thy poppied sleep awake; From they golden dreams arise; Earth and seas new colors take, Love-light dawns in rosy skies, Weird night's fantastic shadows are outworn; Why tarriest thou, oh, sister to the morn?

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Emma Lazarus

This time, we deliberately tarried for the scores of curious locals and drivers who wanted to know about our bike, our route, our motivation and “Are you still talking?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025

However, ocean-faring ships tarried in San Pedro Bay as crews struggled to keep up with the pace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2022

Where others might be afraid, or prohibited, to go he traveled and tarried and reported back.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2020

After the reporters’ questions dwindled, he tarried in the hallway, leaning against a column, signing autographs on visitors’ entry cards like a Broadway star, patiently enjoying it.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2019

That night, the Ghost shows me how to climb far higher than the landing where Taryn and I tarried the last time.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

I see the final visitors depart, many tarrying until the last second.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

My mind went back to midnight prayers and long, hot, sweaty tarrying services.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2021

The challenge for Churchill residents is to encourage the bears to head to the tundra without tarrying in town.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2019

The Rev. Everly Thomas is the only spirit who is aware of where and why everyone is stuck, and he has his own reasons for tarrying.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2017

Sor Asunci6n said, as if she had asked a question and I was tarrying in my answer.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez