be dilatory
Example Sentences
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“I would like to succeed in negotiating something where we get full and fair hearings – we’re not trying to be dilatory – and hear what these nominees have to say,” Schumer said.
From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2017
Whether the cause is the court's work load or the Justices' inclination to be dilatory, this year has been no different.
From Time Magazine Archive
The advance had seemed to be dilatory before, and the generally received opinion in the camp had been that the defending party, to save risk, was to be starved into submission.
From Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story by Nash, J.
Answer—No. On the contrary, I saw him urging on a company of the Thirteenth, which appeared to be dilatory.
From Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 by MacDonald, John A. (John Alexander)
When the head of a division is tardy, the clerks soon venture to follow his example, and if he is prompt they are ashamed to be dilatory unless they have an adequate excuse.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 by Boutwell, George S.
