Example Sentences

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“I kept thinking about how I should not have procrastinated after I came back from the beach with my 8-year-old,” Somov said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2022

Let’s face it: most of us have procrastinated on buying a gift for Valentine’s Day before.

From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2022

The hope, Gronvall said, is that mandates will force people who have procrastinated to join the 56% of the U.S. population now fully vaccinated.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021

With the food drawing hundreds of people each week, organizers hoped that it would also attract people who have procrastinated from getting the vaccine.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2021

I have delayed because I have procrastinated all my life and because I am ashamed—ashamed for the first time in all my shameless career.

From The Shadow of the East by Hull, E. M. (Edith Maude)