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Ball watching, Mr. Watson had not sensed the reluctance of his partner to move, so that as Jonathan Trott picked up the ball at square-leg, both openers were dallying mid-pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2010

While others in Washington were dallying, Johnson wrote a prophetic memo to President Kennedy, declaring that the U.S. either had to "make a major effort" in the region or "throw in the towel."

From Time Magazine Archive

In another part of the Palace of Westminster they were dallying overlong with a ceremony of quaint historic significance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Waitresses were dallying about, but he did not see the girl with the cords of fluffy hair.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston

When we were dallying with the curiously moulded ices which Dicky had ordered for dessert, I saw his eyes light up as he caught sight of some one he evidently knew.

From Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Garrison, Adele