"delay reply" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that you cannot respond to someone immediately, but will respond at a later time. For example, you could say, "I apologize for the delay in my reply, but I will get back to you soon."
■"Learn to delay replies when in doubt — and this avoid mistakes and misunderstanding".
Mr. DeLay replies that "Democrats have devoted themselves to one thing only: total and complete obstruction".
"Rain delay," replied Terry Franconi, who had come to the game carrying a broom — a goad for the Tigers to turn their 3-0 lead into a four-game sweep.
As is often the case with FOI responses, the information provided is not complete – some forces found ways to avoid or delay replying.
Cablevision was supposed to answer the lawsuit by May 28, but United States District Judge Deborah A. Batts in Manhattan ruled earlier this week that it can delay its reply until June 10.
An e-mail message received at The New York Times on Friday afternoon carried the headline "Anthrax Alert: Get Cipro NOW! Don't Delay!" A reply to the message was returned as undeliverable.
Main challenged the prime minister over the three-month delay in replying to her letter in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
But the then home secretary, Leon Brittan, was delaying a reply at the time, over concerns that the unveiling was a local rather than a national matter.
In its adjudication, the commission criticised the papers for the six-week delay in replying and for standing by their story.
"But on the whole I fancy that the Hun gets more back than he gives, but that never seems any consolation when they are dropping anywhere near one!!" The soldier continues in the 1917 letter to apologise for his "delay" in replying to a message from the school, and says he and a friend always look out for Rossall's sports results.
After the Conference ended Khrushchev stepped up economic pressure on Albania, delaying a reply concerning 50,000 tons of requested grain to offset an acute food shortage caused by drought, and then issuing significant reductions in the amount of grain shipments.
