Example Sentences

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Let’s set aside the fact that Garvey is probably the last guy who should be dillydallying on his taxes.

From Slate • May 29, 2024

I think it’s something we can learn from Miep: In your head, you know the right thing to do, but maybe you’re dillydallying, maybe you’re a bit scared.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

"He's not going to be dillydallying," Fodeman said.

From Reuters • Jan. 4, 2023

It’s critical to stop dillydallying and pretending and overvaluing the current roster and get down to the central questions of the Wizards’ future.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2019

I’d spent over a month here dillydallying around, refusing to tell August about my mother when I could have done it so easy, and now that I really needed to tell her, I couldn’t.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd