The team was concerned when Lucille was picked to score the crucial point as she had a tendency to dally. From LearnThat.org.
Get busy--don't dally!. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : to dally with danger. From Dictionary.com.
We dare not dally with images, or names, of wrong. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
But Christabel did not dally long in the drawing-room. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
FEINSTEIN: And to dilly-dally could be a tragic mistake. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 29, 2004] Reference
The subject was too disagreeable for him to dally with it. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864] Reference
Bah! why should I dally thus instead of rapping at the door?. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
"Above all things don't 'dilly-dally' on the way," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Paula the Waldensian] Reference
He could not afford to dally with Millie or any other female. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
To dally with the impossible were sheer madness, he knew that. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
Events moved with a rush, for Napoleon was not the man to dally. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
Oh, how she loved this tiny one, but now was not the time to dally. From Wordnik.com. [Wit'ch Storm]
You did not know that one does not dally with one whom one loves as. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The VP candidate commutes dally to and from Washington, D.C. via Amtrak. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2008] Reference
It was Tomlinson's busy day, and he didn't have time to dally long in talk. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods] Reference
The notion that he would even dally with this child is beyond repulsive to me. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Linda Tripp Discusses Monica, Bill and Rebuilding Her Life - February 9, 2001] Reference
Alan DershowitzNever one to dally, the professor published early, in February. From Wordnik.com. [Enough To Open A Library] Reference
If you think you are wrong at any time, dally a little, and watch your hostess. From Wordnik.com. [Sara, a Princess] Reference
If you decide to exchange a gift, our advice: Don't dally, and read the fine print. From Wordnik.com. [Gifts: To keep or not to keep? Check our Ratings first] Reference
She did not hurry, but she did not dally or play games as she had with Alanna, either. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Daggers]
I may not dally on my way, turning to the right and the left for beauty and caricature. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] Reference
The notion that he would even dally with this child is -- is -- beyond repulsive to me. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2001] Reference
Candace often shook her head mournfully, as her eyes followed her about her dally tasks. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859] Reference
If you decide to exchange or return a gift, our advice: Don't dally, and read the fine print. From Wordnik.com. [Electronics post-holiday gift guide] Reference
On the other hand, I want to make it clear that we're not going to dally, not going to dawdle?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2009] Reference
It is a pleasant thought to dally with in civilization, a disastrous one to put into practice. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrating Difference] Reference
If so, he shouldn't dally here; he should hurry right down to the river to help rescue the foal. From Wordnik.com. [Isle of View]
No one, of course, intends to dally, but the purple beauties tempted, and too often we were seduced. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
At the Barricades this voice was heard: 'It is no longer time to dally, let us lead my lord to Reimes.'. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
As well he might: his dally workout includes several repetitions of bench-pressing close to 400 pounds. From Wordnik.com. [Track] Reference
You can't dilly-dally, you can't wait around, you can't wait for the hundredth percentile of information. From Wordnik.com. [Man of the World] Reference
The gulf Arabs thought that if Arafat could openly embrace Saddam, they could dally secretly with Israel. From Wordnik.com. [Now The Mideast Is 'Open For Business.'] Reference
"I had not planned to dally long in Richmond, you see, and unfortunately I have made plans for this evening.". From Wordnik.com. [Tutoring Lady Jane]
Why, it's six thousand feet up here, and the wind don't monkey and dally around, hit gits right down to business. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
Then I waved my arm, back down Aulus street. âDo not dally here, slave girl, â I said, loudly. âBe off. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
You can tell time is running out by latest round of ads, which are aimed squarely at those with no time to dilly-dally. From Wordnik.com. [Last-minute gift ideas for stragglers] Reference
And then assuming successively the forms of the wives of the high-souled seven Rishis, she continued to dally with Agni. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
For the space of a week I visited the afflicted man dally, remaining with him perhaps a couple of hours at each interview. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843] Reference
In the rush of events following the coup, new faces and new symbols sprang up almost dally as the old order was swept away. From Wordnik.com. [The New Soviet Look] Reference
The goblets we drank from were skulls of former citizens of the world, who attempted to dally with the dictates of Roderick. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference
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