Khalil Gibran

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

Lebanese Poet

George Whitefield

The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him.

English Clergyman

Mary Todd Lincoln

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

American First Lady

Use 'tarry' when the delay is because of enjoyment, not just any delay.

Enjoyable Delay

'Tarry' often implies a pleasant or voluntary wait, rather than frustration.

Positive Connotation

Tarrying can suggest waiting in expectation of something good.

Anticipation

'Tarry' implies the person delaying has control over their actions.

Cause for Delay

Use 'tarry' to urge someone casually without strong reprimand.

Casual Urgency

In medical contexts, 'tarry' describes stool appearance, indicating bleeding.

Medical Specificity

Use in serious or formal medical discussions, not casual conversation.

Serious Tone

 forming a brownish caramel, right? If you let that go unregulated, you'll continue to make and break chemical bonds, forming an even more diverse mixture of molecules that then forms this kind of black tarry stuff in your pan, right, that's difficult to wash out. So that's what the origin of life would have looked like.

Tarry

Enjoyable Delay

Positive Connotation

Anticipation

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