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 — food is only out for one hour.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023
The actors don’t dally or fiddle for motivation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2022
At first she cackled softly and ran at the indistinct shadows of barrels and wheelbarrows, pretending they were monsters rearing out of the mist, but she was too accustomed to caution to dally for long.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Vocabulary lists containing dally
100 SAT Words Beginning with "D"
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