Example Sentences

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As usual, she looked as if she were loafing, even as she made a final flick with her ski pole to break the electric-eye photo timer at the finish.

From Time Magazine Archive

His players were loafing on him, and second-guessing his decisions after games.

From Time Magazine Archive

A dozen boys were loafing there on the grass after dinner, and a kitchen rattle from the wing of one of the buildings accompanied their talk.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

A group of staring louts, who appeared to be waiting for him, were loafing near the drawbridge.

From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann

There was not much to it; but invariably a small bunch of fat old greenheads were loafing in the sun.

From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward