dilatoriness
Example Sentences
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In his letter to Lyell, he rued his own dilatoriness.
From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2011
Popular Premier Venizelos knew what most Greeks in the Middle East urgently wanted: an end to the old Tsouderos cabinet's dilatoriness, a broadened government capable of administering liberated Greece until elections could be held.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Chungking reported last week that Soviet dilatoriness had "much affected" the feasibility of the landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The series of captures which the merchants could not understand, and, where there were no captures, the dilatoriness of the voyages, would thus be explained.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
Kate asserted complete recovery and proceeded to dress, though with a languid dilatoriness which belied her statement.
From A Romance of Wastdale by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
