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 until it becomes an established problem to deal with.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 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

I dally in the palace garden to gather a few more things.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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

Keith Poulson’s Chris, an insecure former child actor cast as Nick’s counterpart in the play, dallies with both Mona and Esther Garrel’s Thérèse — who plays the Mona figure and seeks out Nick for research.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2018

EST 14:59 11 min: Fernando dallies on the ball in his own half and has his pocket picked by Gonzalez, who knocks the ball through to Teodorczyk.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2016

Venturesomeness dallies on the edge of danger and experiments with it; foolhardiness rushes in for want of sense, heedlessness for want of attention, rashness for want of reflection, recklessness from disregard of consequences.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

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

The England keeper, playing because David Raya was ineligible against his parent club, dallied over a clearance and allowed a sliding Yoane Wissa to score.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024

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

Sometimes she dallied, turning back for one more glimpse of P.S.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

Arsenal went into half-time with 15 attempts at goal, of which only three were on target, and the second half started with Odegaard dallying on another chance.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2023

In doing so, McAfee showed he’s not one for dallying, setting the trial 11 days before the Nov. 3 deadline.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2023

Stop dodging and dallying and dancing around the inevitable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

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

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2019

“Sometimes you have to live down to people’s expectations, Kate. If you can do that, you'll get much further in life. Now quit dallying and get inside before they come back.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland