Explore Dawdled through 1 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dawdled meaning
simple past and past participle of dawdle
Using Dawdled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of dawdle
- In the example corpus, dawdled often appears in combinations such as: dawdled with.
Context around Dawdled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dawdled
- In this selection, "dawdled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include lee he dawdled with his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dawdled" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dawdled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
During the retreat from forts Washington and Lee, he dawdled with his army, and intensified a letter campaign to convince various Congress members that he should replace Washington as Commander-in-Chief. (32 words)
During the retreat from forts Washington and Lee, he dawdled with his army, and intensified a letter campaign to convince various Congress members that he should replace Washington as Commander-in-Chief. (32 words)
Example sentences (1)
During the retreat from forts Washington and Lee, he dawdled with his army, and intensified a letter campaign to convince various Congress members that he should replace Washington as Commander-in-Chief.
Common combinations with dawdled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: