fool around
Example Sentences
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"He'd fool around at the reception desk and would check patients in," he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Swallows, with their forked black tails, fool around in the wind by the raw bluff face, just beneath a stretch of floppy, black, muddy pipe that used to be underground.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
The group lingered to snap photos and fool around, building a hump of snow for taking jumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Still, “No Rules Sandy” sounds like Sylvan Esso had ample time to fool around in the studio.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
In those days people didn’t linger and fool around like people do now, with tubes hanging out their mouths and making doctors rich and all this.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
