was procrastinating
- past progressive of procrastinate.
Example Sentences
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I left late because I was procrastinating, and then, thanks to L.A. traffic, got there at 5:45 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024
On an August evening in 2021, the best-selling Chinese novelist Hao Qun, who writes under the name Murong Xuecun, was procrastinating in his one-bedroom apartment.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
She has applied to three colleges close to home but until this week was procrastinating about applying to others that she really wants to attend.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2020
I can’t speak to the app’s algorithms, because I don’t know dark magic, but I do know that I was procrastinating and looking for a distraction.
From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2019
I would think I was procrastinating, when in reality, I was memorizing the geography of the world.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
