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US
/ˈɫɔɪtɝ/
]
[ UK /lˈɔɪtɐ/ ]
[ UK /lˈɔɪtɐ/ ]
VERB
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be about
The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
How To Use loiter In A Sentence
- Vary the story to take in the white collar worker, the ice man let out with the coming of the frigidaire, the clerk displaced for the young graduate, vary it to include, if you will, the "chiseller" and the exploiter, but remembering that suffering, need, idleness and despair play their own part in turning the man who cannot work into the man who will not work. Canada's Problems in Relief and Assistance
- Nel had also been seen loitering near her home almost daily, standing there while watching her house.
- I was a conscienceless exploiter of men, a ruiner of families, a disgusting plutocrat who cared nothing for anyone but myself. The envelopes
- It belongs to a friendly, middle-aged man loitering in his garden. Times, Sunday Times
- exploiter" so long as he follows any pursuit, however honorable and productive, in which a Christian might engage in his stead. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894)
- This matter settled, I strolled back to the pipul tree beside the tank, thinking that it might be useful to pick up the remarks of the loiterers. Tales of Destiny
- The reason I haven't been arrested is not because I'm white and haven't committed any of these crimes -- let's face it, I've jaywalked, littered, and loitered, which makes me a triple threat -- it's because I'm not poor. Jan Herman: Living in a Police State Is Okay
- It's never too early to start loitering, and dilly-dallying.
- We'll be left behind if we loiter.
- Yes, he had followed me in my travels; he had loitered in forests, hid himself in caves, or taken refuge in wide and desert heaths; and he now came to mark my progress, and claim the fulfillment of my promise. Chapter 3