Example Sentences

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I had been loitering outside the entrance to the studios as the motorcades arrived, the choreography of the moment a reminder to both leaders, not that they needed it, of the gravity of the moment.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

Both actors sing with appealing earnestness, but Gish’s Fabrizio is painted in broader strokes, as though smitten Florentine hunks had been loitering around every corner for Clara to find.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Aymeric Laporte, City’s French defender, had been loitering a few steps away but now he, too, beamed with delight as he greeted Bielsa, the coach who had given him his debut at Athletic Bilbao.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2020

He had been loitering in the centre for five hours beforehand, unnoticed by security.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2019

Neeley had been loitering on the street when the shot sounded.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith