dawdle
verb (used without object)
to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter.
were dawdling
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past progressiveof dawdle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Two young Frenchwomen, who were dawdling along behind the party, heard the roar of the oncoming flood and managed to scramble up the rock wall to a ledge 12 feet above the ground.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Army posts all over Oahu, soldiers were dawdling into a typical idle Sunday.
From Time Magazine Archive
While they were dawdling about, gossiping in the verandah, I had a closer look at the babies, which had all been brought to church.
From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie
The young couple were dawdling over a late breakfast after a night at an ultra smart party.
From Best Short Stories by Masson, Thomas L.
We were dawdling home from the westward on the flood.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
