Looking for sentences and phrases with the word shilly-shally? Here are some examples.
Sentence Examples
Her lobster is warm, which is reason enough not to shilly-shally with it, and my crustaceans are chilled, which I too do not want to compromise.
You know, you can shilly-shally around, but if you want your players to win then you have to give them everything you can.
There are people out there willing to be tested, who do not shilly-shally and stall.
And the main characters of these books don't have time to shilly-shally about that.
And when we found out I was going to have another baby, I thought, Right, I can't shilly-shally any more.
The West Bank pimpernel pops up Shilly-shally Reconciliation is as elusive as ever A peace plan under threat Getting horny ReprintsYet poaching and illegal trading are rife in Zimbabwe and Congo.
Examples from Classical Literature
Which, by the way, amounts to an admission that he does shilly-shally sometimes.
They shilly-shally, they pick and choose, they discuss, they criticise.
There is no use in this shilly-shally way of yours, St. Clare!
He mustn't palter, or trifle, or shilly-shally about that iron certainty.
I mean, you are never shilly-shally, first making up your mind that you won't do a thing, and then doing it after all?
Those of us who shilly-shally and fear the cost of doing what is right can draw strength from the thought that 'Out of this Nettle, Danger, we pluck this flower, Safety.
When they see how silly I am and how willing I am to shoot off my mouth, shout, shuffle, and shilly-shally, the more likely they are to give it a shot and shaboom themselves.
She didn't shilly-shally or try to pull the wool over anyone's eyes.
