Example sentences for: harried

How can you use “harried” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 5818) in The Prologe of the Wyf of Bathe , in which that harried dame asks:

  • A harried Sun Yat-sen then moved his new Kuomintang party south to Guangzhou.

  • More often than not, the harried man walking briskly along the street while taking his call — often waving an arm in animated fashion — has a business empire of restaurants, car-rental agencies, ticket offices, and studio apartments to manage.

  • You go to a movie like this for the cameos and in-jokes, for Tim Robbins popping up as a harried U.S. president or Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello emerging to croon (beautifully) "What Do You Get When You Fall in Love?"

  • Preoccupation with the scandal led a harried and nervous president to send his deputies into a sausage grinder, say Gloria Borger ( Face the Nation ) and Fred Barnes ( McLaughlin Group ). A reluctance to appear in public forums for fear of drawing Lewinsky questions compromises Clinton as commander in chief, says Gigot on Fox News Sunday --Clinton "can't compartmentalize these things the way he wants to."


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