fooling around
Example Sentences
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The transition was rough for Ansari, who wasn’t fluent in English and often got in trouble for fooling around in school.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
"What are you fooling around for? When will the contracts be signed?"
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2023
They may be able to get their users to stop voluntarily; programmers, by and large, are not malicious, and perhaps can be coaxed to stop fooling around.
From Scientific American • Dec. 19, 2022
He acted as though he didn’t need the job; he just liked fooling around with it.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022
In a stem voice, Papa said, “Billy, I don’t want you fooling around with the Pritchards any more. You have plenty of country around here so you don’t have to go there to hunt.”
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
