dilatoriness

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2011

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The terms he will offer I shall hope to send before I close this letter, so I will say no more except to excuse my having conceded so much time to his dilatoriness.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas

This was due partly to the dilatoriness of the English commander and to the bad understanding between Englishman and Russian.

From The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem