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# How to pronounce "harrying" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/hærrɪɪng/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **har·rying**

## Meaning & Usage

### VERB
- present participle and gerund of harry
  - *Example*: "The Colombians' ire was raised even more 10 minutes later when the referee showed a yellow card to [James] Rodríguez – who was apoplectic at the decision – for an innocuous trip that was, as Rodríguez vociferously pointed out with multiple hand gestures, a first offense compared with Fernandinho's harrying."

### NOUN
- The act of one who harries or harasses.
  - *Example*: "The northern pirates were now swarming on every sea, and the coasts of Britain, Gaul, and Germany were all alike desolated by their harryings."

### Example Sentences
- "The Colombians' ire was raised even more 10 minutes later when the referee showed a yellow card to [James] Rodríguez – who was apoplectic at the decision – for an innocuous trip that was, as Rodríguez vociferously pointed out with multiple hand gestures, a first offense compared with Fernandinho's harrying."
- "The northern pirates were now swarming on every sea, and the coasts of Britain, Gaul, and Germany were all alike desolated by their harryings."
- "really get the most harrying pictures from and not only mario paul obviously other parts in the donbass region as well uh"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (10 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "harrying" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "explosions continue to especially hit hard mario paul we have heard so much about that town which is really bearing the brunt in all of this where you really get the most harrying pictures from and not only mario paul obviously other parts in the donbass region as well uh also towards the north places like kharkiv had son tsumi all names that basically the world got to know during the past four weeks when this war began"
- **Watch at 2:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF017TgGlVM&t=136s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "The down-coming winter was harrying them on to the lower levels, and it seemed they could never shake off this tireless creature that held them back."
- **Watch at 187:59**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9B7L9O803s&t=11279s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "french and indian scalping parties were continually harrying the western settlements and the eastern forces were too busily engaged to give sakura"
- **Watch at 190:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlATXSweCbE&t=11403s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "grindle with hate hath rot what sudden harrying Hall folk fail me my Warriors"
- **Watch at 25:31**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kTS1Ex-dig&t=1531s)

### Example 5
> "the program a lot of people we see have got gone through war and all those harrying experiences that come with it loss of close family members homes jobs the entire world"
- **Watch at 1:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkc2iFmd6kE&t=85s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "parish went out to the gate a retreating regimen thr wring and harrying blocked"
- **Watch at 58:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AaoynHZyp4&t=3499s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "The Cliffs of P cattle and sheep are to be had for harrying and a man may buy both tripods and horses if he wants them but when his life is once left him it"
- **Watch at 284:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgs1hLhSc2g&t=17050s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "the sea march here lest any foe to the folk of Danes with harrying Fleet should"
- **Watch at 12:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kTS1Ex-dig&t=764s)

### Example 9
> "tank some of them were killed most managed to escape back on the move but it wasn't long before we were halted in our tracks there were repeated harrying attacks in one afternoon they barely moved forward a mile and the fights expected to be much tougher in mosul still 30 Mi away as we hastily pulled"
- **Watch at 2:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_DiS-qnKjo&t=125s)

### Example 10
> "it's definitely a sign that the humanitarian situation in mariupol is very critical it has been very bad for weeks and you can imagine that it's only getting worse how how dire it must be and all the accounts that we see from mariupol uh are really really harrying and that's the main reason i think for uh pledging to get the people out how long the defense forces inside the city will be able to withstand the russian assault is of course a big question they"
- **Watch at 12:21**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3jLY35dFt8&t=741s)


## How to Pronounce "harrying"

- **Syllables**: har · rying
- **IPA**: `/hærrɪɪng/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[harry](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/harry)

### Related Concepts
[maraud](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/maraud), [raid](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/raid), [sack](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sack), [harass](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/harass)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “harrying”?
“harrying” is pronounced /hærrɪɪng/ (har · rying). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “harrying”?
“harrying” has 2 syllables: har · rying.

### What does “harrying” mean?
present participle and gerund of harry

### How can I hear “harrying” used in real sentences?
This page has 10 real-world video examples of “harrying” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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