dawdle

[US]/ˈdɔːdl/
[UK]/ˈdɔːdl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. to waste time by being slow or idle

Example Sentences

dawdle away one's time

I couldn't dawdle over my coffee any longer.

Ruth dawdled back through the wood.

He dawdled away his time.

Billy dawdled behind her all morning.

The job hunter dawdled all morning but achieved nothing.

Real-world Examples

This is not a place to dawdle.

Source: Earth's Pulse Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)

Well, there's no time to dawdle then, is there?

Source: Lost Girl Season 4

" We know, " Davos said. " Come, lad, we must not dawdle" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

But when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

Harry could tell he had dawdled deliberately, wanting to be last in the room with Slughorn.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

It's time for me to strike out in my own direction, not just dawdle in Mary's wake.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

When you were knocked off, of course, he went dawdling back to his stable in the castle.

Source: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Next time I'll say, don't dawdle in the galley.

Source: Accompany you to sleep.

" It's not like" means I am not – I am not dawdling.

Source: 2009 ESLPod

It's not like I'm dawdling here.

Source: 2009 ESLPod

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