Sentence examples similar to tarrying abed from inspiring English sources

Perhaps the hummingbird will tarry a while longer.

He tarries a while in Russia, sampling caviar and adultery (with a superbly soignée Tilda Swinton) before World War II intrudes.

We tarried a while in the middle of the Fourth Street Bridge to stare at the concrete channel of what is euphemistically called the Los Angeles River.

Some of the 18th century's most celebrated architects – Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor, Archer and Adam – all contributed to the design of Kimbolton Castle, and it's quite possible that one of them tarried a while to confect the elegant stone-and-brick facade on this otherwise humble warrener's cottage.

Although the Stranger admits that he is wandering from the topic and should put off discussion of method until another occasion, he tarries a little longer to give a lecture on the difference between mere parts of a kind and parts that are themselves genuine kinds (Statesman 263b).

This stranger tarried a few days in his space.

He was tarrying around a wheat field, hoping to trade a few hours of work for a cup of tea.

Mr. Jospin incurred voters' wrath for tarrying over a plan for long-awaited tax cuts despite a huge budget surplus.

Describes his play & the scene after a game as he tarries outside a gym, peeling an orange.

"MY love!" trilled a tenor after I'd tarried perhaps a bit too long in the comfortable if generic dressing room, trying on a not-un-Missoni-like long knit cardigan, vest and flared pants.

The art and its removal hold tremendous significance for Mr. McCallum and Ms. Tarry, a biracial couple whose work often explores race and violence.