dawdle
verb (used without object)
to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter.
is dawdling
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present progressiveof dawdle (3rd person singular).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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Oh, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says Dorsey is dawdling on an investigation, which honestly?
From The Verge ● Aug. 23, 2022
If a kid is dawdling in the locker room, send another player to fetch him.
From Time Magazine Archive
For Art—and the art we unwittingly practice whenever we take pleasure in nature—is without appeal either to the man who is straining at business and to the man who is dawdling in amusement.
From Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life by Lee, Vernon
