Dawdled

In his mind was a picture of a girl whom he had "dawdled" on his knee -- a "kid" that he had played with, as a brother might have played with a younger sister. ❋ Charles Alden Seltzer (1908)

Earlier in the night, outfielder Andruw Jones raised eyebrows when he dawdled heading to first base on a double-play ball to short. ❋ Daniel Barbarisi (2011)

We dawdled a while longer in the visitors lounge, taking a long break from Phil. ❋ David McKenna (2011)

Then I dawdled in and found her lying on her side facing the wall. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

Sensing that no other horses seized control of the race the other five horses dawdled along, seemingly trying to save something for a stretch run, the jockey boldly moved his hands in along the reins, and the horse responded with a spectacular back-stretch run. ❋ William Fredrick Cooper (2011)

The army was falling apart while Washington dawdled. ❋ David A. Clary (2011)

Last year, Congress debated, dawdled and dithered. ❋ Lawrence Bender (2011)

Critics say the administration has dawdled by failing to invest in proven 'circumvention' technology that would allow Internet users to evade government controls by routing traffic to servers in other countries. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This was, he knew, not what Robespierre wanted, so he dawdled. ❋ Jesse Kornbluth (2011)

[i cant] dawdle over [my coffee] much [longer] ❋ Seenboo (2015)

[Yo] [quit] Dawdling [dude]!!! ❋ Suppp!! ;) (2011)

He never gets anything accomplished even though he appears to work a lot. He's dawdle. The white of an "over-easy" egg that remains uncooked and wiggly is dawdle. A fruit that is purchased in [unripe] condition and quickly [rots] instead of [ripening] is dawdle. ❋ Semitame (2005)

They dawdled [to the] [finish line]. ❋ Mary Was A Webster (2022)

[Doug] "dawdled (verb)" through the [paperwork] process, so that in the end, someone else had to pick up his [slack]. ❋ Special Al (2010)

[danah] likes to reconstruct the [identity] of a user from bookmarks she encounters during a del.icio.us dawdle, but it's mostly [apophenia]. ❋ PBMax (2008)

[She fell], so i [decided] to start [sack dawdling] her ❋ Omuthafookaimanrealog (2009)

A: Bro, you rushing [Sig Ep]? B: Nah dude, I think I'm gonna go for D [Phi] instead. They seem tight. “Bro I got totally mf’d on the Angry O’s [dawdling] Sig Chi yesterday no cap” ❋ Vibegina (2022)

Dave: [Dawdle] means someone who drives slow! Mary: No it means, [a slow] person! Mary was [a Webster]: Check the urban dictionary and you will see that it actually means to move extremely fast. ❋ Webster Was A Mary (2022)