dawdled
Example Sentences
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Later, at Brasserie de Monaco, the principality’s craft beer brewery, I dawdled over a pint of Blonde de Monaco and fell into conversation with Nils, a Danish skipper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
It also raised further questions as to why England dawdled on his selection for so long.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Not yet knowing what I was in for, though, I dawdled, thinking the journey too far and impractical, until I finally relented about 20 hours before totality over Idaho.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
Students dawdled in their first period classes with cameras off, waiting for teachers who had not been able to log in.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Even if he and Goblin had dawdled a bit on country roads, they both liked arriving at the inns at a gallop.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
