dawdles

Example Sentences

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If Minnesota dawdles, it “will rack up $1 billion of deferred payments this year,” the CMS head said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

It is the role of prosecutors to vindicate that interest by initiating judicial action when a defendant dawdles.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2024

And yet, he almost takes pride in his ability to put things off, saying he dawdles on an “Olympic level.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023

The story dawdles through its first and second acts, but in its final third does find a more deliberate pace.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2022

The Colonel blinks and twitches his nose, and the thing dawdles on.

From At Ypres with Best-Dunkley by Floyd, Thomas Hope