Sentence examples for delayed play from inspiring English sources

Threatening skies delayed play for 3 hours 44 minutes.

(A power outage delayed play for thirty-four minutes right after Beyoncé's thirteen-minute performance).

Heavy rain delayed play, so conditions were even slower than usual.

Raymond, the defending champion, led by 7-6 (5), 3-1, before a thunderstorm delayed play.

Half the field began the day by completing the first round after lightning delayed play on Thursday.

Lightning and heavy rains delayed play for more than two hours, shortly after the leaders finished their rounds.

In the Giuliani equivalent of delayed play-by-play, he recreated the scene: "The bat came at him; he threw it away.

For decades, members have smuggled flares into the stadium to ignite during matches, the pinkish plumes billowing across the field and sometimes delaying play for an hour.

They might not have seen the finish if an NBC employee had not run on the field to delay play while technicians looked for an unplugged cable.

He does windmills like a e-numbered addled schoolboy at a family wedding, delaying play, before he's beaten by one that shoots past him at 91mph.

A few umbrellas have opened now in Chatrier, but nothing yet that might delay play as the two seem destined for a timebreak.