Example Sentences

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But something about her demeanor suggests that she has been loafing in a saloon.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the 25 years that our hotel has been loafing headquarters, there never was a time that I did not loaf with you and treat you as a guest.

From Time Magazine Archive

One young officer, 26 years old, has been loafing in Tiflis for six months, and has at last been arrested.

From My War Experiences in Two Continents by Salmon, Betty Keays-Young

Tommy Moran has struck a vein with sixty thousand dollars in it, and has been loafing around for the last two months, doing nothing.

From The Haunted Mine by Castlemon, Harry

You know Pastor Brenckenberg's cub, who has been loafing about at home for more than a year, doing no good?

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann