tarry over

Example Sentences

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Long did bewhiskered Frenchmen tarry over their Amer Picon discussing the significance of the latest hitch in the "affaires" of the Rumanian romancer.

From Time Magazine Archive

At length Melchoir's star seemed to tarry over the spire of a gothic church, into which the people were going in throngs.

From Christmas Stories And Legends by Curtiss, Phebe A.

Truly, said Sir Lamorak, and I will abide here with you; and when ye ride, then will I ride, unless that ye tarry over long; then will I take my horse.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

But ye're not goin' to tarry over there, ner gossip—you hear?

From A Phyllis of the Sierras by Harte, Bret

We will not tarry over imaginary incidents whilst terrible and thrilling scenes are before us.

From Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by O'Reilly, A. J. (Augustine J.)