tarried

verb

past tense of tarry
1
as in waited
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain

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2
as in lingered
to move or act slowly the dean tarried in making his decision, still not sure if he should suspend the student or not

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3
as in stayed
to reside as a temporary guest he tarried with us all summer, sleeping on the screened-in porch most nights

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tarried
  1. waited
  2. lingered
  3. stayed
  4. remained
  5. delayed
  6. visited
  7. dragged
  8. crawled
Verb
  • Despite the warnings, the couple allegedly waited eight hours before seeking medical help when their daughter, Aurora Williams, began experiencing serious medical distress in May.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • On New Year’s Eve 1999, while the world waited to see whether the Y2K bug would knock out computer systems at midnight, Tim Walsh was looking at an apartment near Times Square.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of waited
Verb
  • At a college fair featuring hundreds of schools, Roland, who lingered for about three hours, didn’t see anyone approach the Cornell booth.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
  • While the cold symptoms went away, the cough lingered for months.
    — Joe Van Ryn, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of lingered
Verb
  • And the reason that family stayed together was because of laughter and obvious love.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The Ohio Supreme Court this week stayed the appellate court’s mandate, meaning that, for now, the trial court’s order is back in effect.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of stayed
Verb
  • The initial concept for the solid-state transformer, which miniaturizes the magnetic core and surrounds it with power semiconductors, was patented in 1968 but largely remained a concept until the 2010s.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Pavel Dorofeyev, the team’s most notable trade acquisition over the summer, came close on several occasions but remained stuck on two goals for the season.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of remained
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  • But technical and regulatory hurdles repeatedly delayed certification of the largest version of Boeing's bestselling 737 family.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Results were delayed after late openings forced more than 100 polling stations to extend voting hours Monday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of delayed
Verb
  • Separately, Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Levine, and Yair Golan, a former general and leader of the opposition Democrats party, visited.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The secretary general of the nine-member electoral council, Nemrod Sanon visited North Miami this week and defended the changes to the electoral framework.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of visited
Verb
  • Police say the truck trapped and dragged the child before stopping.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • But as the war dragged on and energy costs climbed, his tone changed.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of dragged
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  • In May 2025, after Williams shut off the water in a cell, 10 inmates removed a toilet, crawled through a gap in the wall and scaled a fence out of the jail.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In real-world tests, the hand crawled across 14 different surfaces including smooth floors, metal grates, grass, and gravel.
    — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2026
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“Tarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tarried. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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