Sample Sentences for
harass
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    She was harassed by the police.
    harassed = persistently bothered
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    Sekani saw cops harass his daddy, but he's doing so well in school.  (source)
    harass = disturb with excessive demands
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    All we know is that they are said to live deep in the forest, that they welcome runaways, and that they harass the white, man's plantations and plan his destruction?  (source)
    harass = repeatedly attack to weaken
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    If you don't mind being harassed by my mother.†  (source)
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    He could tell I was grumpy, but instead of harassing me about the cause, he just squeezed my hand, kissed me on the cheek, and bought me candy in hopes of making me smile again.  (source)
    harassing = persistently annoying
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    Still, you won't have to worry about the old sexual harassment, eh?†  (source)
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    They would annoy you, harass you, take your ...treasures.†  (source)
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    and it only harasses me.†  (source)
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    She would have to fight the ghosts massed at crossroads for the buns a few thoughtful citizens leave to decoy her away from village and home so that the ancestral spirits could feast unharassed.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unharassed means not and reverses the meaning of harassed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    He followed her to her carriage, ranting and raving as she cried great loud thespian sobs, pleading that she knew nothing of the matter, so that at last a man tried to intervene, thinking Goff was a random harasser.†  (source)
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    Possibly, as they dislik'd my late intimacy with the members of council, who had join'd the governors in all the disputes about military preparations, with which the House had long been harass'd, they might have been pleas'd if I would voluntarily have left them; but they did not care to displace me on account merely of my zeal for the association, and they could not well give another reason.†  (source)
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    The manager finally arrived, a small bald harassed-looking man.†  (source)
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    But I heard about you harassing a female student in the parking lot today.  (source)
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