Dawdling

Given the ineptitudes that followed — the Nannygate flap over Attorney General — designate Zoe Baird, gays in the military, Whitewater's first stirrings, the Mogadishu debacle — his dawdling is understandable. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I know you couldn't have like the word "dawdling" - but there was no such hesitation the 1st time around for the 21,000 troops (which was a 40% increase, then) and now I believe that the delay was purely a PR stunt, to make it seem like he's agonizing (as much as that's possible, from his 2 weeks at Cape Cod to being in a tuxedo, 2-3x a week) ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

HENRY: There's also risks political risks for Democrats if they appear to be dawdling, which is why they're also sounding a rare note of bipartisanship. ❋ Unknown (2008)

No man can associate the idea of dawdling with Jenkins and his Guides, yet the Guides reaching Jellalabad on October 12th were not at Gundamuk until the 23d, and Gundamuk is but thirty miles beyond ❋ Archibald Forbes (1869)

You can spend three hours on a single sentence, trying to get it just right, perfect -- a wonderful luxury, the kind of dawdling that's usually impossible with a novel. ❋ Unknown (2010)

HENRY: There's also political risk for Democrats if they appear to be dawdling which is why they're also sounding a rare note of bipartisanship. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Government had expressed "astonishing denialism" over the matter and its "dawdling" had fuelled a media frenzy which an inquiry and ❋ Unknown (2006)

The only person seriously angry at the Prime Minister's "dawdling," was Mina Zabriska; and she had enjoyed no chance of telling him so. ❋ Anthony Hope (1898)

A scolding awaited her, as usual, first for "dawdling," and then for spilling a few drops of water on the brick floor as she set down the heavy pails. ❋ Emily Sarah Holt (1864)

After a total of ten "dawdling" miles, marching almost due east, we found our tents pitched in a broad and quasi-circular basin, called El-Safh ❋ Richard Francis Burton (1855)

Two editorials exhibit work of a 'lazy' mind On Thursday, we were at a "crossroads of history" and Friday we're "dawdling" over our inability to spend money the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wexner has not minced words as chairman of the development and investment committee or on the full board, last year saying the school was "dawdling" in its transition to a more aggressive investment policy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hollywood is still "dawdling" over DRM, film rights and downloadable media, according to a ❋ Unknown (2009)

"dawdling" methods, which brought about those "consequences facheuses et irreparables" deplored by the naturalist. ❋ Ernest Scott (1903)

a vague period of "dawdling," as Virginia evasively expressed it. ❋ Unknown (1901)

"dawdling," but noted that the commercial breaks for nationally televised games are longer than the ads for local telecasts, which contribute to the increased length of Sox-Yankee games. ❋ Gordon Edes (2010)