Dawdling can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| dawdle - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. | ||
| dawdle - waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" | ||
| dawdle - take one's time; proceed slowly | ||
Noun |
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| dawdling - the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | Stop dawdling. | |
| 2. | verb | Don't dawdle on the way home. | |
| 3. | verb | Now if you dawdle on the streets of Rome or Milan, police demand to see your travel papers and hurry you on, telling you to move quickly. | |
| 4. | verb | Come along now, you mustn't dawdle. | |
| 5. | verb | Don't dawdle on the way home. | |
| 6. | verb | Now if you dawdle on the streets of Rome or Milan, police demand to see your travel papers and hurry you on, telling you to move quickly. | |
| 7. | verb | Come along now, you mustn't dawdle. |
| Sentence | |
|---|---|
| verb | |
| Stop dawdling. | |
| Don't dawdle on the way home. | |
| Now if you dawdle on the streets of Rome or Milan, police demand to see your travel papers and hurry you on, telling you to move quickly. | |
| Come along now, you mustn't dawdle. | |
| Don't dawdle on the way home. | |
| Now if you dawdle on the streets of Rome or Milan, police demand to see your travel papers and hurry you on, telling you to move quickly. | |
| Come along now, you mustn't dawdle. | |