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
Then again, all the bickering, dawdling, and reliably self-preserving ignorance toward the catastrophe nipping at their heels is the point.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024
Havertz initially looked well offside until a glance revealed the dawdling veteran playing him on, leaving Trossard the grateful beneficiary.
From BBC • May 12, 2024
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
But he went on dawdling and dragging the sides of his shoes along the pavement in order to scratch the leather.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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