Example Sentences

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He was also a daydreamer and dawdler, which brought complaints from his teachers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2017

I had to check out by 11 a.m., and the possibility of a dawdler fee pushed me out of bed.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2016

In the 2012 Australian Open men’s final, Rafael Nadal, a notorious dawdler, and Novak Djokovic routinely took 30 to 35 seconds between points, albeit on a hot, humid day.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2014

Clearly, Guan and his partners needed to hustle up -- and Paramor, the man with the stopwatch, decided Guan was the chief dawdler.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 12, 2013

She's a young dawdler who sits novel reading and if Master Donal were a young pickpocket with the measles, the child would be playing with him just the same as far as I can see.

From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson