Loiter is an English word with synonyms like lounge or lurk. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Loiter meaning
- To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly.
- To stroll about without any aim or purpose, to ramble, to wander.
- To remain at a certain place instead of moving on.
Synonyms of Loiter
Using Loiter
- The main meaning on this page is: To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly. | To stroll about without any aim or purpose, to ramble, to wander. | To remain at a certain place instead of moving on.
- Useful related words include: lounge, mill around, mill about, lurk.
- In the example corpus, loiter often appears in combinations such as: to loiter, loiter outside, loiter in.
Context around Loiter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Loiter
- In this selection, "loiter" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bar, cannot, order, outside, endure and near stand out and add context to how "loiter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ability to loiter endure ground and add bar loiter out the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "loiter" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with loiter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He must not attend the shop and must not loiter outside. (11 words)
Interactive dinos will loiter in the shrubs and raptor and brontosaurus feature in shows throughout the day. (17 words)
Surveillance video showed Iqbal enter and leave the bathroom again, then loiter in the store before leaving while using an iPhone. (21 words)
If the goal is to unite the physical with the digital, insights gleaned from how long users loiter outside a Coach store and how long they might look at a Coach Instagram ad could be massively useful to these waning mall brands. (42 words)
He was released to parole in June 2023 and was ordered to comply with a set of detailed conditions, including not to go to or loiter near playgrounds, beaches or pools, or take pictures of anyone under 18. (38 words)
Whereas these planes were designed to loiter above very dangerous battlespaces, to avoid losing or damaging many more of these planes, Russia has used the Su-25 as a glorified long-range artillery platform supporting Russia’s Army. (38 words)
And keep in mind as well that, if you want an attack platform that can loiter for hours, while removing all risk to pilots, why not just use already existing drones like the military’s Reapers? (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
He must not attend the shop and must not loiter outside.
Interactive dinos will loiter in the shrubs and raptor and brontosaurus feature in shows throughout the day.
Ntchisi Police Publicist Yohane Tasowana said the deceased was found lying along the road by some people, and he used to loiter around Chinthembwe Trade Centre located within the village.
At the menu’s heart is a list of Aberdeen Angus steaks, the joints for which loiter in a backlit ageing cabinet by the entrance.
Despite modern advancements in the F-35, the A-10's ability to loiter, endure ground fire, and deliver decisive firepower remains crucial.
Dilly Dally shut up shop for seven weeks at the end of 2022 to add Bar Loiter out the back of the venue, which was also accessible via Rowland Street.
He said he was there to "make sure they don't loiter around" as two large marked police vans remained visible on their route home.
He was released to parole in June 2023 and was ordered to comply with a set of detailed conditions, including not to go to or loiter near playgrounds, beaches or pools, or take pictures of anyone under 18.
It is said that many of these gangs would loiter outside pubs and churches, waiting for young men to leave before essentially kidnapping them and taking them off to sea.
On his part, a Lagos-based legal practitioner, Samuel Akazza, pointed out that most of the persons who loiter on the bridge at night are looking for faulty vehicles and their owners to prey on.
These upgrades include adding sensors to the missile, making it easier for the missile to strike moving targets, and providing for loiter time over the target site.
Whereas these planes were designed to loiter above very dangerous battlespaces, to avoid losing or damaging many more of these planes, Russia has used the Su-25 as a glorified long-range artillery platform supporting Russia’s Army.
In addition, poll watchers cannot loiter or congregate, give, offer, or show any ballot, ticket, or other campaign material to any person, stop or delay a qualified voter, or interfere with the orderly conduct of the election.
On election night, they found themselves at a Trump campaign party full of maskless elderly Floridians and as the room got busier, they decided they had to loiter outside instead.
The missile can send back an image of the battle area in order, loiter while new target data is drawn up, and then substitute a new target for the old one.
And keep in mind as well that, if you want an attack platform that can loiter for hours, while removing all risk to pilots, why not just use already existing drones like the military’s Reapers?
Down the road, though, beyond the Staples superstore and the Junior League charity shop, are boarded-up houses and abandoned sites, where young men loiter during working hours.
If the goal is to unite the physical with the digital, insights gleaned from how long users loiter outside a Coach store and how long they might look at a Coach Instagram ad could be massively useful to these waning mall brands.
Of course a jet fighter can do the same job—but fighters have shorter range, and can’t loiter overhead for nearly as long.
Surveillance video showed Iqbal enter and leave the bathroom again, then loiter in the store before leaving while using an iPhone.
Common combinations with loiter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to loiter 6×
- loiter outside 4×
- loiter in 4×
- loiter around 4×
- or loiter 3×
- loiter time 3×
- loiter near 2×
- can loiter 2×
- men loiter 2×
- loiter overhead 2×