dawdler
Example Sentences
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He was also a daydreamer and dawdler, which brought complaints from his teachers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2017
I had to check out by 11 a.m., and the possibility of a dawdler fee pushed me out of bed.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2016
In the 2012 Australian Open men’s final, Rafael Nadal, a notorious dawdler, and Novak Djokovic routinely took 30 to 35 seconds between points, albeit on a hot, humid day.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2014
Clearly, Guan and his partners needed to hustle up -- and Paramor, the man with the stopwatch, decided Guan was the chief dawdler.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 12, 2013
But this act led to his being despised as a dawdler, and a person little fit to carry out such designs with proper resolution, and so he was removed from his place of deputy.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Charles Duke Yonge
