Example Sentences

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Perhaps the best reason for writing a letter is to get rid of it, to take the words that have been lolling about the brain like summertime teenagers, and putting them to work.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have been lolling around in the stone tower of Casa Rosa, waiting to find out.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

In ease and luxury we have been lolling long enough; we should now bestir ourselves, and keep pace with the progress of the age.

From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Helper, Hinton Rowan