But harried is the word. From Wordnik.com. [Tightrope] Reference
FRANCIS: Do you find that people are kind of harried here, they're really -- they're out of emotional gas at this point to deal with it?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2001] Reference
And as he could not make them conform he "harried" them so that many were glad to leave the land to escape tyranny. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
Only 3 tables - 8 people in the place; certainly not enough for the wait person to be "harried" (as she definitely was). From Wordnik.com. [PegasusNews.com stories] Reference
The response for some harried Harrys and Harriets?. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Unitasking] Reference
It doesn't do the harried parents any favors, either. From Wordnik.com. [Raising A Moral Child] Reference
Her harried expression melts into genuine pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Ukiyo] Reference
Before me had come three harried women and a tall, indifferent man. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Broker] Reference
"The amount is just too small to prosecute," a harried detective told me. From Wordnik.com. [America's Real Identity Crisis] Reference
Balding, a little paunchy, Pecina has an easy smile and a harried manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Grunt's War] Reference
The idea: at firms all over Manhattan, harried lawyers were ordering in lunch. From Wordnik.com. [Feeding Lawyers] Reference
Now they're living lives more like harried American women -- and dressing like them, too. From Wordnik.com. [Worn In The U.S.A.] Reference
By Friday afternoon one harried Microsoft exec could be excused for announcing: "I'm tired.". From Wordnik.com. [Bring On The Chopping Block] Reference
"Diversity is an admirable goal," says one harried member of a staff putting in 17-hour days. From Wordnik.com. [Warm-Up Lessons] Reference
With that, the harried public servant issues a deep sigh, shakes his head and goes back to work. From Wordnik.com. ['WORRY AND SACRIFICE'] Reference
She looks pale and harried next to her tanned, fit husband with his blissed-out, squint-eyed smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Piano Man] Reference
She feels underappreciated by her husband, harried by the housework and the demands of her children. From Wordnik.com. [Mommy Vs. Mommy] Reference
They look temporarily annoyed and harried, but I think, I know, they're all happy in their good lives. From Wordnik.com. [Swicks Rule!] Reference
Lots of the advice experts give for children seems obvious, but it's often forgotten by harried parents. From Wordnik.com. [Top Back-To-School Health Tips] Reference
The train was speeding toward the Connecticut shore at an abominable, harried pace. From Wordnik.com. [The Bag] Reference
Energetic children and a typically harried mother, who was delighted when I offered her a two-year lease. From Wordnik.com. [Landlord, Expert On Human Behavior?] Reference
This kind of detailed evaluation is critical, Matheson says, but often too time-consuming for harried doctors. From Wordnik.com. [In Search Of Sleep] Reference
Pictures of the kids with Lopez or Jolie sell -- pictures of the kids with some harried anonymous nanny must not. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood's Dirtiest Little Secret: Nannies] Reference
Her dad had died when we were all young, it was something on a construction site, and her mom always looked harried. From Wordnik.com. [So Different Now] Reference
At a rally in Maine, harried aides squabbled over scripts backstage as Clinton soldiered on, still sick and exhausted. From Wordnik.com. [Testing Ground] Reference
You see them everywhere: harried parents hauling their little ones off to classes in Mandarin, gymnastics or classical violin. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble in Toyland] Reference
On the night of the party, we carted the kids off to Grandma's, harried our husbands to do the electrical and musical preparations. From Wordnik.com. [We] Reference
And while it's not quite as inventive as Malcolm, Patricia Heaton is winning as a harried Midwestern mom, and the writing is sharp. From Wordnik.com. [Fall TV Preview: EHarmony Edition] Reference
Jan Zeh could move beyond her self-absorption by volunteering at a school, nursing home or by offering child care to a harried mother. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
"Well, you've certainly given me a lot to do today," was how father Tom Crafton greeted me, harried but laughing, on the phone Monday. From Wordnik.com. [A little sailing story blows in a gale] Reference
How did harried executives cope with stress before Red offered such revolutionary tips as the value of exercise, a hot bath or a massage?. From Wordnik.com. [Technical Foul, Red] Reference
The hare himself curiously harried by the bedeviling mathematics of time and a pressing tardiness for his own strange underground business. From Wordnik.com. [Ecce viator : Behold the Traveler] Reference
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