Example Sentences

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About 75 tankers are loitering in Venezuelan waters, and half are on Treasury’s blacklist for sanctions violators, according to TankerTrackers.com.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

“People are loitering there on the plaza and it is spilling into the ancillary areas, which makes it even more of an emergency.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2023

“Now, they are loitering around, which puts them at risk of being trafficked,” said Razia Sultana, a lawyer and a Rohingya rights activist.

From New York Times • May 2, 2022

Stoke and Reading are loitering with intent should the deal collapse.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2012

"Can't you see the lady is waiting for her parcel while you are loitering?"

From For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store by Sheldon, Lurana W.