[ US /hɝˈæs/ ]
[ UK /həɹˈæs/ ]
VERB
  1. exhaust by attacking repeatedly
    harass the enemy
  2. annoy continually or chronically
    He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
    This man harasses his female co-workers
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How To Use harass In A Sentence

  • A number have taken to waging campaigns of harassment against individuals. Times, Sunday Times
  • TWO men were yesterday found guilty of harassing a dolphin on a boozy early-morning swim. The Sun
  • That would prevent the case from setting any legal precedents on same-sex sexual harassment involving gay and bisexual women.
  • They define sexual harassment as unwanted conduct of a sexual nature.
  • Suffice to say that BECAUSE we can sue employers for injuries and harassment at work, they're not in a position to take wanton liberties with the employees who generate their profits.
  • He cited the cases of a girl committing suicide after continued cyber-bullying and harassments and an online suicide pact among youth thwarted by South Korean police.
  • Whenever we film our video game parody skits, we try to include, and harass, as many people in public as we can.
  • If I could propose a line, it would be that hostile workplace sexual harassment exists where the environment is so severe as to be functionally equivalent to discrimination in hiring or promotion. The Volokh Conspiracy » Just What Speech Does “Hostile Environment Harassment” Law Restrict?
  • The Borneons, from being so harassed by these pirates, call the easterly wind 'the pirate wind.' The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy
  • The report said he used harassment and threats to intimidate television journalists.
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