loiter

He stopped just outside the door, where a few people still loitered.

But there was so much to see that he loitered.

During the week, no one loitered in the narrow street.

She loitered, clearly divided in her mind as to what to do.

A few people loitered about, but the greater part of the population was within doors.

Cliff loitered in the store and made his second call.

There was a hotel, and he loitered by its entrance.

He had loitered around back with the reporters, taking the measure of the security.

I loitered on the apron, waiting once again for whatever was going to happen next.

One man who had loitered down the street straightened and started to follow him.

They said the suspect was not a student but frequently loitered in and near the school.

She stared at him as he loitered in the doorway.

Most of the reporters had left but a few loitered about, expecting something.

Jake loitered at his office waiting on the phone to ring.

The door was locked and a few people loitered in the corridor.

When he had gone, I loitered on in the shade of the plane trees.

For if I loitered, he might take it as an invitation to join me.

The ship loitered off the coast of Colombia for three weeks.

The women and children usually loitered about on the red gravel paths.

We loitered alongside, watching folks come up to the stage.

Instead, he strolled off and loitered near the entrance of the building.

Other gray shapes loitered just beyond the circle of light.

By the gate a man loitered in the last rays of the sun.

Glanced at neighboring cars to make sure no one loitered.

She loitered in the lobby for a few minutes, then caught a down elevator.