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
Chief among them is that Mother Nature didn’t fool around in 2023 — we have endured 25 natural disasters this year with individual price tags of more than $1 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
“I would just fool around on the instrument, getting used to the space and the sound,” he told Colorado Public Radio.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Those who doubt this are welcome to fool around and find out.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
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
