dawdle
verb (used without object)
to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter.
has dawdled
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present perfectof dawdle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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When No. 23 WSU hosts Northern Colorado this weekend, though, the Cougars will get a chance to sharpen the one part of their offense that has dawdled: The run game.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
It’s 1923, though modernity has dawdled a bit en route to Inisherin, where rural life proceeds at its immemorial pace.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
At the same time, he doesn’t seem to recognize that as attention spans have dwindled, the game of baseball has dawdled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
And in Portland, activists and homeowners have sparred over a plan to build more, as the city government has dawdled and delayed.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2018
Says Paul Craig Roberts, a professor of political economy at Georgetown University: "The Fed has dawdled when the evidence of a serious downturn in growth has been there for all to see."
From Time Magazine Archive
