dilatoriness

Example Sentences

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In his letter to Lyell, he rued his own dilatoriness.

From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2011

But Chungking reported last week that Soviet dilatoriness had "much affected" the feasibility of the landing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Popular Premier Venizelos knew what most Greeks in the Middle East urgently wanted: an end to the old Tsouderos cabinet's dilatoriness, a broadened government capable of administering liberated Greece until elections could be held.

From Time Magazine Archive

This reflection upon the dilatoriness of government gave great offence.

From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

The republic, impatient of his dilatoriness, raised his emoluments and promised him immense fiefs including the lordship of Milan, so as to increase his ardour, but in vain.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various