: beset by problems : harassed
a harried waiter who forgets your order
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Solo dining is traditionally seen as a last resort for harried travelers or lonely singles.
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Dax Dasilva, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
For Costanzo isn’t alone onstage; he’s surrounded by a company of actors, all first-rate clowns, who begin the play as his harried, breathless stagehands and gradually morph into full expressions of Mozart and Da Ponte’s characters.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Watching Keaton here reminded me of Cary Grant in his heyday as a harried dad in studio comedies like Houseboat and Room For One More.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
That’s why Baker lingers thoughtfully on the women who arrive at the house every morning to clean up Ivan’s messes—and on the belligerent tow-truck driver who turns up to obstruct the plot but emerges, within seconds, as a harried kindred spirit.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Dax Dasilva, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
For Costanzo isn’t alone onstage; he’s surrounded by a company of actors, all first-rate clowns, who begin the play as his harried, breathless stagehands and gradually morph into full expressions of Mozart and Da Ponte’s characters.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Watching Keaton here reminded me of Cary Grant in his heyday as a harried dad in studio comedies like Houseboat and Room For One More.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
That’s why Baker lingers thoughtfully on the women who arrive at the house every morning to clean up Ivan’s messes—and on the belligerent tow-truck driver who turns up to obstruct the plot but emerges, within seconds, as a harried kindred spirit.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Harried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harried. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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