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Get to know Dawdle better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like linger or lag.

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Dawdle | Dawdled

Dawdle meaning

  1. Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.
  2. To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
  3. To move or walk lackadaisically.

Synonyms of Dawdle

linger fall behind fall back lag do behave act dally rush linger over move follow

Related words

Other words often associated with Dawdle or its synonyms:

movement motion regress play recede determination unreserved enactment acquit perform brawl retreat

Using Dawdle

  • The main meaning on this page is: Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose. | To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time. | To move or walk lackadaisically.
  • Useful related words include: linger, fall behind, fall back, lag.

Context around Dawdle

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Dawdle

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

continue to dawdle in this 1× didn t dawdle after starter 1× least not dawdle over a 1× of a dawdle 1× we dawdle through caverns 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i consider it 1× now i quite 1× sadly their joy 1× with an off 1×

Common sentence endings:

in the fifth 1× of a dawdle 1× over a meal 1× the expected onslaught 1×

Words around Dawdle

Just before it in the word index:

dawda 6 dawber 3 dawari 2 daware 3 dawar 4 dawani 2

Just after it in the word index:

dawdled 2 dawdling 6 dawe 13 dawei 6 dawel 2 dawes 82

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Dawdle

  • In this selection, "dawdle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include continue to dawdle in this and didn t dawdle after starter. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dawdle" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dawdle

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

We dawdle through caverns. (4 words)

Now, I quite fancy this gig as it seems a bit of a dawdle. (14 words)

With an off-day on Thursday, Mendoza didn’t dawdle after starter Tylor Megill reeled in a three-run third and then allowed a leadoff hit in the fifth. (29 words)

Longer example sentences

Sadly, their joy has nothing to do with the humanitarian gesture the US is demonstrating to the people of Guyana, as the PNC continue to dawdle in this literal life-and-death issue instead of getting ahead of the expected onslaught. (41 words)

I consider it rude to not take servers or other people into account, and will leave if it's right before close, or at least not dawdle over a meal. (30 words)

With an off-day on Thursday, Mendoza didn’t dawdle after starter Tylor Megill reeled in a three-run third and then allowed a leadoff hit in the fifth. (29 words)

Example sentences (5)

We dawdle through caverns.

With an off-day on Thursday, Mendoza didn’t dawdle after starter Tylor Megill reeled in a three-run third and then allowed a leadoff hit in the fifth.

Sadly, their joy has nothing to do with the humanitarian gesture the US is demonstrating to the people of Guyana, as the PNC continue to dawdle in this literal life-and-death issue instead of getting ahead of the expected onslaught.

Now, I quite fancy this gig as it seems a bit of a dawdle.

I consider it rude to not take servers or other people into account, and will leave if it's right before close, or at least not dawdle over a meal.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dawdle" in a sentence?
An example: "We dawdle through caverns." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "dawdle" from authentic English texts.
What does "dawdle" mean?
Dawdle means: Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.
What are synonyms of "dawdle"?
Common synonyms of "dawdle" include: linger, fall behind, fall back, lag, do, behave, act, dally. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "dawdle" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "dawdle", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.