Example Sentences

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It’s one thing to study and write about later life; it’s quite another to live it and see things I wish I had done differently or, in particular, hadn’t procrastinated about.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

In 2022, 17 years after the Rolling Stones released their most recent album of original songs, Mick Jagger decided the band had dithered and procrastinated long enough.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023

“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

There were managers available but they have dithered and procrastinated and paid the price for both.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2021

Dill sighed, the way he did when he knew he’d procrastinated doing something for as long as he could.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner