procrastinate

Dreamers, for example, fantasise about the future too much, while rebels feel a lack of control and so procrastinate in protest.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

If you’re retired and wondering when or whether to move, treat the decision as a research project — don’t procrastinate or let inertia take hold.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

They might procrastinate, struggle to finish projects or seem unable to manage basic tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

"We can't wait, we can't procrastinate," he said, adding that Gazans across the territory were living in an "inhumane situation".

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

She got stuck and began looking for ways to procrastinate.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

I think he procrastinates because he either doesn’t want to run errands for his 93-year-old mother or else he needs to pick up his mail.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026

She quickly regrets this, and can’t really handle the scope of the project, so she procrastinates for the entire semester.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

The musical eavesdrops on a choreographer as she procrastinates over a sad task in her garden and warily ponders the glamour and fuss of a lifetime achievement award.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2021

As he put it: “Everybody procrastinates, but not everyone is a procrastinator.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2021

When I do, he procrastinates or tells me to ask my grandmother.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

"The police and crime commissioner prevaricated, procrastinated, refused to get rid of Mr Guildford when it was quite clear that that was the only route possible," Silverman said.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

It’s one thing to study and write about later life; it’s quite another to live it and see things I wish I had done differently or, in particular, hadn’t procrastinated about.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

In 2022, 17 years after the Rolling Stones released their most recent album of original songs, Mick Jagger decided the band had dithered and procrastinated long enough.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

“I kept thinking about how I should not have procrastinated after I came back from the beach with my 8-year-old,” Somov said.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022

I had procrastinated for over a week in writing the paper, and it was due on Monday.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

But MacRae says procrastinating can, at times, be a good thing - some problems solve themselves, without us rushing to act.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Nevertheless, many keep procrastinating right up until the six-month extension ends on Oct.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026

“Say you’ve got donations in the back of your car and you keep procrastinating in dropping those off,” said AAA’s Diaz, “get that extra weight out of your vehicle.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

So Murderbot, instead of proactively going out on these adventures, is procrastinating.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025

“As you can see, that leaves almost no time for brooding, lagging, plodding, or procrastinating, and if we stopped to think or laugh, we’d never get nothing done.”

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster