tarriance
Example Sentences
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So feared the King, And, after two days' tarriance there, returned.
From Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
Lady, as little tarriance as we may, Lest some misfortune happen by the way.
From Fair Em by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
His tarriance full spent, he departed And met me in Venice, And lines from her told that my jilter Was stooping to sue.
From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas
So now, being old, my children eye askance My slowly dwindling store, And crave my mite; till, worn with tarriance, I care for life no more.
From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas
Making these Tents stronger or slighter, according to the time of their tarriance.
