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Example sentences for "shallying"

Lexicographically close words:
shallowing; shallowly; shallowness; shallows; shally; shalot; shalots; shalt; shalte; shaltow
  1. No use shilly-shallying about things of that sort.

  2. Fay's put everything he could scrape together into this bit of land, and now your father is shilly-shallying again about renewing the lease.

  3. In other words, delay by diplomatic correspondence and such ordinary shilly-shallying meant war.

  4. I must say I'm awfully afraid that if we go on shilly-shallying like this we'll just naturally lose the Allen sale.

  5. Why does she go on shilly-shallying with that young man, instead of closing upon it at once?

  6. What makes me mad is to see you shilly-shallying with him.


  7. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shallying" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.