Example Sentences

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It is Peter - and the shop - they want and I am delaying them by asking them why.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2013

Now I am delaying you, and you must go.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

"No; what I say," replied Bonacieux, "is only that I may know whether I am delaying you."

From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre

"Ananda Moyi Ma, I am delaying your journey!"

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

Still I am delaying to inform you concerning my journey and my arrival.

From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William