Dallying

Word DALLYING
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Definitions and meanings of "Dallying"

What do we mean by dallying?

To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.

To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet

To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

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The word "dallying" in example sentences

I think people are right that Apple won’t attempt to prosecute, at least assuming the timely return of the prototype (and I can’t see why Gizmodo would be interested in dallying, they’ve milked the story far enough that it’s mostly risk and downside now). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sanford didn't do his "dallying" in his office and home – Clinton was allowed to continue in office, unimpeded by national public opinion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She felt like an idiot for having reacted so strongly, but he needed to know that she wasn't open to the kind of dallying that he obviously enjoyed with Lisa. ❋ Karr, Leona (1999)

Was he really casual about it, she wonders, or was he "dallying"? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Iran must stop "dallying" and give a "clear answer" to initiatives offered by six western world powers in the standoff over Tehran's nuclear program, German Foreign Minister Steinmeier said in an interview. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Not to speak of extensive dallying in the silver market and on. ❋ Raymond J. Learsy (2011)

If there is one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, when instead we should become as victims burning at the stake, signaling each other through the flames. ❋ Selby Drummond (2011)

No philandering, no dallying, no misunderstanding. ❋ Unknown (2010)

No doubt many parents have used The Poky Little Puppy to teach the consequences of dallying or ignoring boundaries. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At last, after a score and more of years of dallying and of not wanting, now I wanted it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Unfortunately, exactly as surge skeptics predicted at the time, dallying two extra years in Iraq has wound up dramatically undermining our position in Afghanistan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the third day, the poky little puppy pays for his dallying: His quicker siblings get home first again and after finding their mother upset about another hole they have dug under the fence, fill it in. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sooner or later, we explode with it — in the form of anger toward our spouse, who comes dilly-dallying in after a day of adult interaction, interaction with people WHO WILL LISTEN. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even Al-Qaeda called Iraq its key battleground in its war against us, and Al-Qaeda lost there (thanks to our “dallying” in Iraq over the last two years, as Matt puts it). ❋ Unknown (2009)

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