Sentence examples for dolly about from inspiring English sources

"dolly about" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It means to move or play in a silly, aimless manner. Example: The children were dollying about in the park, chasing each other and laughing uncontrollably.

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"Who are you?" he asked, though Sinclair's question had been a dolly about how he "lifted" the players.

The system strengthened into Tropical Storm Dolly about twelve hours later.

I will absolutely be creating a music video in my bedroom to Bluegrass, and Seen My Man has so much mid-80's Dolly about it I immediately sent it to my sister.

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Dolly came about when researchers at The Roslin Institute got a sheep egg, removed its nucleus and persuaded it to accept one from another cell.

And you know what Carol says about Hello, Dolly!? "What do you think about the movie of Hello, Dolly!" and she goes "Is there a movie?

Now doth each social queen and dolly Talk story about Speak-O-Phone.

Story about Dolly, a 32-year-old artist, unmarried, who moved into a house in a New England town.

One of the sweetest things about Dolly Meets Dale (Radio 2, Saturday) was the prelude to the interview proper.

Science reporter Dolly Krishnaswamy chats about these stories and more with Science's Online Editor Stewart Wills.

To recap Kevin Pietersen was dropped thrice - once on 0, once an absolute dolly to Shane Warne on about 15, and another one to Shaun Tait on 60 - before taking the game and the Ashes away from Australia.

A baby tripod and hacked-together stabilizer are easy enough, but what about a dolly?

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