dawdler
Example Sentences
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He was also a daydreamer and dawdler, which brought complaints from his teachers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2017
I had to check out by 11 a.m., and the possibility of a dawdler fee pushed me out of bed.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2016
In the 2012 Australian Open men’s final, Rafael Nadal, a notorious dawdler, and Novak Djokovic routinely took 30 to 35 seconds between points, albeit on a hot, humid day.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2014
Clearly, Guan and his partners needed to hustle up -- and Paramor, the man with the stopwatch, decided Guan was the chief dawdler.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 12, 2013
The dawdler will read no books that tax his intellect, therefore shall he beg in harvest and have nothing.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander
