Verb (used without object) : to dally with danger. From Dictionary.com.
He diced idly; he dallied coarsely with waitresses. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Ludwig, however, had dallied with the situation too long. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
When with thee I've wandered, and with thee I've dallied. From Wordnik.com. [Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men] Reference
I was going to ask you if you ever dallied at the office. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2004] Reference
It was because of Mary, therefore, that the lovers dallied. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
Now and again, for political purposes, Henry dallied with the. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
The minders who had dallied with Maia and Helena were missing. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
If they would have started right away, but they dilly-dallied. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Daniel Okun, October 22, 1985. Interview K-0021. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
They dallied through dinner, and finished at the same time as the. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
The pair dallied behind while the warriors continued their march. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge] Reference
The thought occurred to him, and he dallied with it for his pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
He dallied with the thought for a little time, and then dismissed it. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
Saturday I dilly dallied around and worked on the computer all afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [2000-04-25 20:30:27] Reference
"My man never dallied to see how much was left," said the messenger dryly. From Wordnik.com. [An Excellent Mystery]
We had sent our men on before while we dallied with our friends at Mpwapwa. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
Though he was aware that the need of his presence was urgent, he dallied about. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
He flirted shamelessly in front of her and dallied with whoever was available. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
I never would have dallied with her if I'd known she was going to stick around. From Wordnik.com. [For The Roses]
He hauled in a breath, held it as her fingers dallied once more at his waistband. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of His Own]
He remained silent, but he had dallied to speak to me and there must be a purpose. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
But she had finally answered its question, so it dallied a moment and a half more. From Wordnik.com. [Stork Naked]
The longer they dillied and dallied, the more serious my chances were reckoned to be. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
Unfortunately, I dilly-dallied too long, so we were too late to miss the construction. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
While EMI and the band, or their estates, bickered and dallied, the music industry has changed. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Sachs: The Beatles Remastered: The Last Hurrah For CDs?] Reference
She flicked her hands, shooing him toward where Elizabeth and Miss Kosminsky dallied, waiting for him. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
He was afraid to risk his magnificent army, and while he dallied his foes snatched victory after victory. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Garfield Farm-boy, Soldier, and President] Reference
American House I actually lingered over the fried steak and dallied long with the not impossible mince pie. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
"Say, Bart," spoke up Darry, as he dallied at the door, "who was the fellow that bought that last package?". From Wordnik.com. [Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent] Reference
About many subjects he ruminated with speculative ease, but dallied little in matters affecting Esther's interests. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
For a long time she dallied with the idea of meeting Mary with a view to a settlement as to the ratification of the. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
How many dallied with the sirens of the wine cup, until all power to grapple with great subjects was lost irrevocably!. From Wordnik.com. [Fifteen Years in Hell] Reference
He dallied there, until her gasps came short and sharp, then nudged her thighs wide, shifted lower and settled between. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
O'Keeffe, suffering bouts of depression, dallied with lovers of both sexes and left her aging husband for months at a time. From Wordnik.com. [Seven For Summer] Reference
He had been, without doubt, on the train with Mark but had taken a longer path from the station, or had dallied by the way. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
Aix in Savoy; made sporting centres of Treves on the Moselle and Ronda in Andalusia; dallied by the marble baths of Nîmes. From Wordnik.com. [Swirling Waters] Reference
After Dominique's aria, I resolved to give the huskier-voiced chorus-girls a second chance, next time I dallied at the opera. From Wordnik.com. [kuniklos Diary Entry] Reference
"So Carson really has gone to Mexico," Alan murmured as they dallied over their salads, looking mostly into each other's eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
This over, he pointed to his breast, dallied for a time, and then drew from it the picture which he so jealously carried there. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843] Reference
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