(1) I wish he would not footle about so much.

(2) Stop footling about , we have serious work to do.

(3) Time after time they came with the same footling complaints.

(4) When you're older, you'll be sorry that you footled away your youth instead of preparing for a profession.

(5) Where have you been footling around?

(6) "REVOLUTION" is an overused word; the latest footling change often hyped into the biggest revolution since the last one.

(7) He could always do something useful instead of wasting my time with footling queries.

(8) But it has been interpreted to mean that they must abide by every footling wildlife regulation on Earth.

(9) Congress's response to recent bribery scandals has been to impose footling restrictions on lobbyists.