dawdle

Example Sentences

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She has set a six-minute daily time limit as a reminder not to dawdle on Instagram.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

When you’re moving tons of food at the edge of its usefulness — an average of 250,000 pounds or 125 tons every day — no one can afford to dawdle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

If a few passengers dawdle while stowing their bag and finding their seat, it can make the difference between a flight being on time or late in the government’s official statistics.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2023

And while there's still a need for a similarly big player to volumize Kernza sales, smaller companies can keep farmers growing the crop while consumer packaged goods companies dawdle on the sidelines.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023

“Please don’t dawdle, young William. You have a task ahead of you.”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz