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

The author Alice Winn was procrastinating, digging through the archives of the English boarding school she had attended, when she came across a historical treasure trove: copies of school’s newspaper from the early 20th century.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2023

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