dawdling
Example Sentences
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Like, just in case someone’s dawdling, or being careless about where they’re dumping snow.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026
After Black Rod — Sarah Clarke — raps three times on the door with her staff, lawmakers make their way to the House of Lords, deliberately dawdling and chatting as they go.
From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2023
The McLaren driver, on a fast lap, came across the German dawdling on the racing line entering the final corner, Juncao.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023
Tropical Storm Hilary engorged the waterway, usually just a dawdling stream during the summer, widening its banks from 15 to 100 feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023
The young kids openly resented their parents’ dawdling in the Store and Uncle Willie would call them in and spread among them bits of sweet peanut patties that had been broken in shipping.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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