- present tense form of dawdle (3rd person singular).
dawdles
Example Sentences
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If Minnesota dawdles, it “will rack up $1 billion of deferred payments this year,” the CMS head said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
It is the role of prosecutors to vindicate that interest by initiating judicial action when a defendant dawdles.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2024
Many of Dellario’s gently impressionistic pictures depict Rock Creek as it dawdles through and around large, glistening rocks.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Fortunately, there is plenty of music to divert us when the dialogue dawdles.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2016
I am delighted you have put a stop to that folly," said the Colonel; "that boy dawdles over here every afternoon.
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
