Synonyms for harboring

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hahr-ber

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr bər

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Définition 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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