harried
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- v annoy continually or chronically
- v make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
- s troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
a harried expression
- His 7,000 Italian troops, harried from position to position by the British all spring, were a mixed lot to look at.
- If anyone doubted the injustice, two nights after the Oscars, ABC aired a Jules Feiffer sketch of Carney giving a performance of Thurberesque comedy as a harried househusband, a .
- As it stands, the American voting system is a worrisome mess, a labyrinth of local, state and federal laws spotted with bewildered volunteers, harried public officials, partisan .