procrastinate
verb (used without object)
to defer action; delay.
had been procrastinating
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past perfect progressiveof procrastinate.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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While urging listeners to be diligent about checkups, Ferguson admitted that she had been procrastinating until her sister insisted she get her mammogram as soon as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
So the New Man’s journey has begun in earnest, and with a bit of a jolt – though to be fair, he had been procrastinating for a while.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2018
He had been procrastinating so long, putting off going, on one pretext or another, that he had fallen into a sort of fear of going.
From The Golden House by Charles Dudley Warner
That fish, however, who had been procrastinating, foolish and senseless and without intelligence as he was, and, therefore, unable to escape, met with death.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
