dawdle
verb (used without object)
to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter.
are dawdling
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present progressiveof dawdle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The lack of movement on school funding raises the most questions about whether lawmakers are dawdling too much.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2019
Ruth and Peter are dawdling along, each on their own; I like to shoot through a gallery.
From The Girl with the Green Eyes A Play in Four Acts by Clyde Fitch
The members of a decaying community are, for the most part, languid and indolent; their very gestures are dawdling and slouching, the opposite of smart.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
"We are dawdling by this fountain," I said.
From The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel by Elinor Glyn
The horses are dawdling home to the farm.
From Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley
