waylay

Example Sentences

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Most projects take years to complete, hindered by the pendulum swings of available money, so Brewster tempers her frustration at having to waylay them mid-planning until she can find enough cash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is worried that the COVID-19 crisis might waylay his plans to increase the military budget.

From Slate • May 5, 2020

But SNAs, at only billionths of a meter across, seem able to travel anywhere in the body and get inside cells before immune defenses can waylay them.

From Nature • Dec. 3, 2019

Peppy orange trim lines the space, alongside eye-catching screens meant to waylay passers-by.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2014

The last time I’d done this training mission, I’d immediately stood up and made my way to the lobby of the theater, sure that the Butterfly would be in wait there to waylay Booth.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin