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Grammar : Verb
Spell : hahr-ber
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr bər



Definition of harboring

Origin :
  • Old English hereborgian, cognate with Old Norse herbergja, Old High German heribergon, Middle Dutch herbergen; see harbor (n.). Figuratively, of thoughts, etc., from late 14c. Related: Harbored; harboring.
  • verb hide, protect
  • verb hold in imagination
Example sentences :
  • He tried to conjecture what they felt, what thoughts they might be harboring.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • These people will have it that I am harboring here one that they are in pursuit of.
  • Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • I felt he was breaking God's law in harboring a woman of that kind.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • I really had been harboring a volcano for some time, and it was a hot tenant.
  • Extract from : « How to Cook Husbands » by Elizabeth Strong Worthington
  • It was almost as if in her mind she accused him of harboring some monstrous hallucination.
  • Extract from : « The Combined Maze » by May Sinclair
  • She remembered the hope she had been harboring these past few weeks.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea
  • Oh, Your Eminence, will God be angry with me for harboring these demons?
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
  • Im ashamed of you all, ashamed of myself, for harboring this thought for a minute.
  • Extract from : « The Luminous Face » by Carolyn Wells
  • If you are not harboring evil thoughts, why are you snickering?
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan » by John U. Wolff
  • I never yet been accused of harboring a bed bug in my place.
  • Extract from : « Slim Evans and his Horse Lightning » by Graham M. Dean

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