dally

He did not dally, perhaps mindful of what had happened the night before.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

If you dally as the clock approaches 2 p.m. on Sunday, you will see that Jerson Osorio’s team can unbuild a city as fast as they can build one.

From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2024

Don’t dally — food is only out for one hour.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

To Williams, the comment was an acknowledgment of how quickly the 49ers’ pass rush was getting pressure, and Wentz didn’t want Williams to dally while reading the defense.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022

To dither and dally when the window of opportunity opens means to end up with one’s nose pressed against the glass of fate, gazing with regret at what might have been.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The author gallops through vital moments in world history across the centuries but dallies over what seem like niche aspects of medieval French history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Nightmare for stand-in Dons captain Angus MacDonald as he dallies on the ball and is dispossessed by Kyogo Furuhashi.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024

If the Fed dallies, and higher inflation becomes a more lasting feature of the economy, it will be even harder to stamp out.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022

BST10:12 11 min: Gosling dallies in midfield, and Villa come away with it.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2015

He acted up to his own words, repeated a short while later: "He who dallies is a dastard; he who doubts is damned."

From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Pleasant A. Stovall

Rennes midfielder Quentin Merlin dallied deep in his own area and was ambushed by Timothy Weah who passed to Amine Gouiri.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

It, along with its sibling, had stood empty for nearly 25 years, as local, county and Navy authorities dallied on what to do with them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

After the fourth try, scored by Etzebeth, made it 26-25, Dupont dallied on the ball and got knocked back as South Africa won a penalty and went further ahead.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2023

For example, the amateur developers who used Reddit’s API to build their own compatible mobile apps while the company dallied on making an official, workable one.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2023

“Well, I’ve dallied enough. I must attend to my mother.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Rabbi Matondo then spurned a big chance to double Rangers' lead on the brink of half-time, dallying on the ball and allowing Atkinson to get back and block the shot.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024

Jones’ denial in 24 hours of Meadows’ emergency motion was the mark of a court unwilling to tolerate any dallying in the search of justice.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2023

Darrah’s dallying with cowboys, desert rats and glitter queens around a seedy motel isn’t, itself, altogether new to modern opera stagings, but it felt fresh and right for this little-known score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2022

In the meantime, a few brands are dallying with cool stuff on the side.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2019

He’s dallying around, probably just keeping a low profile while he waits.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu