Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Besides, she was an uncommonly good‑looking woman—a tall blonde with beautiful teeth, and wonderfully genial, good‑humored, and lively—an ideal nurse, but a terrible postponer of cures!

From The Martian by Du Maurier, George

You knew he was a champion postponer, poor old chap.

From Mr. Prohack by Bennett, Arnold