lollygag
Example Sentences
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On Monday evening, a Times reporter spotted the otter lollygagging along the coast between the lighthouse and the nearby surfer statue.
From Los Angeles Times
Seurat’s in-process painting, a scene of Parisians lollygagging in a park on the banks of the Seine on an ordinary Sunday, is projected onto a scrim behind which the orchestra can be seen playing.
From Los Angeles Times
My lollygagging felt highly therapeutic, for a moment.
From Salon
“You can ruin a lot of days if you start lollygagging and thinking of other things.”
From New York Times
Yet we still go larking lightly into these wars and lollygag as we leave them.
From Washington Post
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