The phrase "procrastinating over" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe a situation in which someone is delaying the completion of a task or project. For example: "I've been procrastinating over writing this report for weeks now."
And create a to-do list to fool yourself into doing your second-most-important job while procrastinating over the most important one.This sounds too clever by half.
The editor claims full responsibility for procrastinating over the post's production and publication, blaming his conception of time for the delay.
I was passed from department to department, we were subjected to assessment after assessment and review after review, and we made to answer the same questions over and over again, the various departments procrastinating over every decision.
Indeed, many a lunchtime finds me procrastinating over whether to nibble on some brown-skinned hazels, creamy cashews or elegant almonds, in much the same way, I imagine, other men agonise over their ties or cufflinks (neither items I'm familiar with).
Lest you find yourself procrastinating over how to subdivide each lump into smaller and smaller sections, please just get writing.
With the euro now coming into being, countries will no longer have any excuse for procrastinating over enacting major structural reforms, such as cutting taxes la Ronald Reagan and introducing more flexibility into rigid labor markets.
In Denmark nudgers reckon that requiring members of the public to make a decision on whether to donate when applying for a driving licence, say will forcibly overcome an inclination to procrastinate over unpleasant choices.
The government has promised to fix the tariff problem, but has procrastinated over doing so.Officials hope that a few months of economising will see Brazil through until the start of the rainy season in November, and that, by next year, generating and transmission capacity will have expanded enough to prevent shortages.
Since 2001, successive governments have procrastinated over the extension.
For months before his death, I had procrastinated over a letter to Wodehouse.
But hardline opponents of Mr Chavez fretted that the president would simply procrastinate over any referendum; they want an indefinite strike to force him out.
