dally
Example Sentences
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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 until it becomes an established problem to deal with.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2023
The staging doesn’t dally but there’s enough stillness to allow emotion to drop like a stone into a pond.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2019
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
Vocabulary lists containing dally
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