was dallying
- past progressive of dally.
Example Sentences
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Klopp empowers his players to think for themselves: the iconic winning goal against Barcelona in last year’s Champions League semifinal came from the squad’s observation that its opponent was dallying during set pieces.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2020
Then, while our senior was dallying with an early strawberry, Winter gave me a lead.
From The Motor Pirate by Paternoster, G. Sidney
In 640 B.C., as we have seen, when the future Second Protector was dallying with his Ts'i wife, it was found by his henchman necessary to make him drunk in order to get him away.
From Ancient China Simplified by Parker, Edward Harper
He was dallying with time as if it were a luxury to dally: he looked curiously round the room.
From The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford, Ford Madox
Now I knew from the way the captain's hand reposed in his pocket that his treasure was safely hidden there—that he was dallying with us.
From Vesty of the Basins by Greene, Sarah P. McLean
