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Example sentences for "loiter"

Lexicographically close words:
loines; loing; loins; loise; loisir; loitered; loiterer; loiterers; loitering; loiterings
  1. There is much that would tempt the artist to loiter with pencil or brush.

  2. And now we come to the spot where we leave Dur-dur-'ad for good and here we shall loiter for an hour.

  3. Run along quickly, and do not loiter nor stop to talk to anyone along the way, for I want you to get back before the afternoon is late.

  4. But from then on Red Riding-Hood was careful to obey her mother, and not to loiter on the way when she was sent on errands.

  5. Now all the brambles and shingle are gone, and the stream is condemned to "loiter round its cresses," and to do nothing else.

  6. Not in such haste: though truly I've no cause To loiter here.

  7. Not in such haste: though truly I have no cause To loiter here.

  8. But meanwhile (coming forward) wherefore do my son and Syrus Loiter so long?

  9. Now he supposes I've some trick in hand, And loiter here to practice it on him!

  10. All was grown a dream His work was over, his reward was come, Why should he loiter longer from his home?

  11. So, day by day, Still would he loiter on the way, And watch the image carefully, Well mocked of many a passer-by.

  12. The grounds are tended with pious care, and nobody carps that visitors always loiter here on their way from Shakspeare’s birth-place to his tomb.

  13. The white-painted, red-roofed buildings follow this beach, and loiter picturesquely back over the green level to the stream that flows around the base of the hills and finds the sea at the Unalaska wharf.

  14. The old graveyard on the hill above Kodiak tempts the visitor, and one may loiter among the old, neglected graves with no fear of snakes in the tall, thick grasses.

  15. I know where I can find his bower Upon a wooded hill, Where I can pluck his favorite flower, And bathe within his rill; And thither I will take my flight, And loiter at my ease, And pay my homage to the Knight Beneath the maple trees.

  16. I cannot loiter on my way, The ice is drifting through Belle Isle, And far to seaward by Cape Ray Broad leagues of open water smile.

  17. Raiding-parties of Indians loiter in the woods to the eastward, and make periodic descents upon outlying houses and Government convoys.

  18. He would loiter about with her, they would loiter down the garden looking at every new flower and every new fruit, she would wear fresh flowery dresses and no cap on her hair, he would never be able to tear himself away from her.

  19. Defn: To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.

  20. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

  21. Now, move on, my boy, for you have no right to loiter here when your orders were to return at once.

  22. Two boys can loiter here or there without exciting the suspicion which would naturally be aroused if a man was observed doing the same thing.

  23. Loiter around the City Tavern as much as possible.

  24. There's but little more to do than loiter around the city listening to the general gossip, and observing the movements of the troops.

  25. And I, of all men in the world, have least right to loiter about this old house, to look in on its home-life or on you.

  26. August is no time to loiter away, poring over old books.

  27. With your permission, my dear lord, 180 I'll loiter yet awhile t' enjoy the sea breeze.

  28. There are times when every grain of sand in the glass seems to loiter in falling and to drift through the air like thistledown, as if unwilling to come to rest with its fellows below.

  29. An we loiter there'll be sharp eyes upon us.

  30. The large parties have a number of attendants who generally go ahead to prepare the camps for the night, while the tourists loiter along the way to inspect the marvels or to botanize.

  31. One can loiter lazily around the broad piazzas girdling the great hotel, and let vision lose itself among lofty, rocky, grotesque mountains, or sit in graceful Kiosk observatories overlooking a bold river tumbling near by in a furious cascade.

  32. They loiter about the entrances of the disreputable saloons and sailors' dives and by their drunken actions and foul speech make it impossible for a respectable woman to pass down any of the streets near the docks without an escort.

  33. Many mendicants loiter about the interior, and when the sexton shows you Pizarro's skeleton, they all solicit alms for such trivialities as holding the candle to view the remains, opening the door of the chapel, and so forth.

  34. I tarry for them here, time passeth away, I lose my learning, they ever loiter behind.

  35. The one will be eager and prompt to reach his place and commence his duties, while the other will love much better to loiter in idleness and liberty in the open air.

  36. Any one who wants Deruchette must come to me, and not loiter about playing the flute.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "loiter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abide; amble; await; bide; bum; dabble; dally; dawdle; delay; diddle; doodle; drag; drone; falter; fiddle; fidget; flag; flirt; fool; fribble; halt; hang; hover; idle; lag; laze; lazy; linger; loaf; loiter; loll; lounge; monkey; muck; piddle; play; poke; potter; procrastinate; putter; saunter; stall; stay; straggle; tarry; tinker; toy; trail; trifle; twiddle; wait