Dawdled [verb]
Definition of Dawdled:
delay; waste time
Synonyms of Dawdled:
● Mosey
● Saunter
● Laze
● Loiter
● Trifle
● Loaf
● Tarry
● Amble
● Lag
● Idle
● Stay
● Lounge
● Drag
● Poke
● Dally
● Toddle
● Loll
● Stroll
● Wait
● Goof off
● Lazy
● Put off
● Hang out
Sentence/Example of Dawdled:
He had no desire to overtake this man although he knew him well, and dawdled until he saw him enter a cabinet-maker's shop.
It was a fine March day, with a bright sun and a cold east wind—not high enough to be unpleasant though, unless you dawdled about.
A week ago she would have been content to have dawdled away the afternoon in the grounds of the villa.
He had said he would, but had dawdled skillfully and was still unfitly in bare feet and the shabby garments of a weekday.
The whole of one day we dawdled over the Great Karroo in pelting rain and mist, which reminded one of Scotland.
WE had dawdled over our luncheon before Mrs. Macallan arrived at Benjamin's cottage.
But he dawdled down Bond Street with a beating heart, noticing the superiority of all other young men to himself.
He dawdled two precious weeks away at Tours; then he went to Loches, and dawdled there.
He dawdled and mooned over that stocking and made and unmade plans.
He dawdled on in his day dream: "You know about the dogs, don't you?"