Example Sentences

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"You have been loitering here with evil intent!" exclaimed the elder of the pair.

From The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia by Le Queux, William

I am afraid those land sharks have our little place marked, too, for they have been loitering around all day.

From The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar by Penrose, Margaret

But we have been loitering too long on the brink of our story, and it is time we were fairly afloat.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

I have been loitering out in the garden here this golden day of Spring. 

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 by Wright, William Aldis

A princess would not and could not have been loitering by the bridge near the House under the Wall.

From Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy by Major, Charles