procrastinate
verb (used without object)
to defer action; delay.
are procrastinating
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present progressiveof procrastinate.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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Jeff Schinkten, president of Whitetails Unlimited, a Wisconsin-based group that works to promote deer hunting and improve deer habitat, said he hopes hunters are procrastinating.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2015
They are procrastinating in the hope of receiving succor from the emperor, who, as soon as he has sufficiently humbled the Porte, will make an attempt to humble France.
From Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
