loitered
past simple and past participle ofloiter
loiter
verb[I]
uk/ˈlɔɪ.tər/us/ˈlɔɪ.t̬ɚ/tomoveslowlyaround orstandin apublicplacewithout anobviousreason:
Agangofyouthswere loiteringoutsidethecinema.
to wait
- waitWe need to wait in line for the tickets.
- wait forWe're waiting for the bus.
- awaitWe are awaiting the committee's decision.
- stayStay there until I get back.
- remainPlease remain in your seats until the plane has come to a complete stop.
- hang onHang on, I'll be ready in a minute.
to goslowly,stoppingoften:
Comestraighthomeand don't loiter, Alan.
Slow and moving slowly
- (as) slow as molassesidiom
- at a snail's paceidiom
- by and byidiom
- by degreesidiom
- clawyourway(somewhere)idiom
- float
- inch by inchidiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- jog
- labour
- lag
- laggard
- sluggishly
- sluggishness
- snail
- steadily
- steadiness
- struggle
- wander
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Waiting
Examplesofloitered
loitered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Calls to attend to emergencies in the wards were sent through ward attendants wholoitereden route and nullified any sense of urgency.
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But how many young swains haveloiteredfor the chance of a glimpse of an unobtainable object of desire?
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If we hadloitered, there might still be a strike on.
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I also think that if an undergraduate of twentyloiteredin a public place for an improper purpose he, if found guilty, would be sent down.
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If we hadloitered, we should still have been heading for the million or more unemployed which was the prospect if that dispute had continued for very long.
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He survived an effort of the sheriff to arrange his ambush by loudly offering driving directions, while white supremacistsloiterednearby.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Those wholoiteredor were drunk or unemployed were arrested and auctioned off as laborers to those who paid their fines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Members of different gangsloiteredin the parks she worked at, and she noticed the graffiti and knew they were territorial markings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is possible that heloiteredin a wide, high orbit to assess the outcome and left around 22:00.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In contrast, a bomber could be ordered into the air long in advance of an attack, rendering them effectively invulnerable to attack while theyloiteredawaiting orders.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Marsh worked as a salesgirl andloiteredaround the sets and locations while her older sister worked on a film, observing the progress of her sisters performance.
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- in-confidence
- incongruence
- incongruent
- incongruity
- incongruous
- incongruously
- in conjunction with
- in-conjunction-with
- in-connection-with
- in connection with something
- inconsequent
- inconsequential
- inconsequentially
- inconsiderable
- inconsiderate
- inconsiderately
- inconsiderateness
- inconsistency
- inconsistent
- inconsistently
- inconsolable
- inconsolably
- inconspicuous
- inconspicuously
- inconstancy