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Meanings of dallied with in English

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Usage of dallied with in English
1
He was smiling still, while his imagination dallied with the monstrous vision.
The Divine Fire
2
He had absurdly dallied with his supposed obligations to her long enough.
The Pagans
3
Not dallied with her like that Corellian scumbag had chosen to do.
From a Certain Point of View
4
Patty dallied with the crumbs at the side of her plate.
Half a Rogue
5
Well, this was what happened to females who dallied with desire.
Four dukes and a devil
6
All dallied with the idea, save a woman, who had unexpectedly become pregnant.
Last and First Men
7
Stone dallied with his glass: I watched the hole all day.
Laramie Holds the Range
8
He dallied with the thought for a little time, and then dismissed it.
A Mating in the Wilds
9
The affair was dallied with, and inefficiency and dilatoriness prevailed everywhere.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 / A Maga...
10
Queed dallied with his thought, frankly and with the purest unaltruism.
Queed: A Novel
11
Maria often dallied with her food, eating only a little at a time.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
12
Now that the moment had come for my joy I dallied with it.
The Story of Bawn
13
What did I care how many servant girls Roderick dallied with?
Summers at Castle Auburn
14
Obviously he had dallied with the demon and was spectacularly the worse for it.
The Native Son
15
The Emperors have dallied with us, wanting the gifts we bear to the Empire.
Roads from Rome
16
For consolation she dallied with New Thought and the Occult.
Crome Yellow
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