How to Use loiter in a Sentence

loiter

verb

• Loitering is prohibited outside the theaters.
• Some droplets seemed to loiter in the air, to be depicted as mist.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• But the Mets are still loitering, in spite of all those broken backs.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• Fare evaders hopped the gates and loitered at the top of the Metro station escalators.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023
• My problem is one neighbor who loiters with her dog at the spot where the alley that runs past my house meets the street.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 21 June 2023
• Schwartz was charged with loitering in a drug house and giving false name to police.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 21 Oct. 2019
• Don’t loiter here or come back later, Or the god’s staff and chaplet won’t protect you.
  — Sarah Ruden, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022
• Many of them would discuss an episode the next day at work, while loitering around the water cooler.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
• The practices take place most weekdays after school, and a few of the players' classmates loitered on the sideline.
  — Max Marshall, SI.com, 26 June 2019
• Nobody knows for sure how many of these bike-share bicycles are loitering in the streets right now.
  — NBC News, 16 Apr. 2018
• Among other tricks, the cameras can tell if someone is loitering in an area for too long.
  — Arthur Holland Michel, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2023
• There aren’t many false notes, but the imaginative scope is somewhat hemmed in by scenes that loiter rather than leap.
  — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 29 June 2018
• The plane flew southwest, following the Ryukyu islands chain, past Taiwan, to loiter off the coast of Hainan Island.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2020
• Still suspicious, Peschkov circled the block on foot and again saw the group loitering on Reedway Street.
  — oregonlive, 1 Jan. 2020
• He was seen loitering near scooters and using a sharp object to cut wires.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2019
• For months, vehicles loitered at his curb as drivers gaped at the framework, then the drywall, then the complete house.
  — Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com, 30 June 2018
• The guy who loitered statically around the arc last season?
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2019
• But instead of another 32-yard run, Samuel loitered in the backfield.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2024
• Ron Asheton, his brother, Scott, and their buddy Dave Alexander used to loiter out front, spitting on cars.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
• But what if ships could launch airborne radar systems that would loiter overhead?
  — Michael Peck, Forbes, 17 June 2021
• When First Avenue is reopened, anyone who loiters and blocks traffic in front of the Heuermann house will be fined $150, the police said.
  — Nate Schweber, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• Today, youths loiter at these entrances with cell phones to send an alert if police or strangers enter.
  — Washington Post, 3 July 2018
• Burros loiter in the middle of the street and collect handouts from travelers.
  — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 12 Dec. 2019
• To reduce the amount of pollution being pumped into the neighborhoods near the port, ships were then asked to loiter beyond the horizon, 150 miles from the port.
  — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 6 Dec. 2021
• The waxing gibbous moon approaches Mars on July 26 but appears to loiter near the planet the next day.
  — Blaine P. Friedlander Jr., Washington Post, 30 June 2018
• The Cardinals were doing just enough to loiter on the edges of an upset, and at times Murray appeared to be getting into a rhythm.
  — Kent Somers, azcentral, 27 Oct. 2019
• The circus said Ranni loitered near the loading point but the more adventurous Karla decided to take a tour of the city.
  — Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2020
• Police say the man was loitering inside Cheapside Cafe for nearly four hours and was being rude to staff and customers.
  — Amber Jayanth, Cincinnati.com, 21 June 2018
• The were also running around the streets, loitering in parking lots, and even peeping into house windows.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2020
• He was arrested Tuesday on loitering charges, and released later in the day, records said.
  — Jared Gilmour, sacbee, 27 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024