"put a delay" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase can be used to express an idea of delaying or postponing something. Example: "We will need to put a delay on our vacation plans if it isn't safe to travel yet."
The F.A.A. had put a delay program into effect because there was too much traffic at La Guardia.
Moroder took a Moog Modulator synthesiser and put a delay on the bassline, creating the "dugga-dugga-dugga" sound that has galvanised dancefloors ever since.
We're going to need more people, perhaps even more space, to be able to do it, and it's going to put a delay in the process.
Gmail users can now retrieve their "oops" emails by putting a delay on all outgoing messages by at least five seconds.
Earlier this month, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass). put a "hold" on the confirmation, delaying the full Senate vote until at least September, according to Bloomberg.
To put a possible delay in the administration of adjuvant chemotherapy into perspective, it needs to be established from which point on this delay negatively affects oncological safety and, hence, becomes clinically relevant.
The BBC said it had spoken to singers and event organisers about the issue of swearing on stage, and said it was reluctant to put a time delay on an event which was billed as "live".
After we laid down the rhythm section tracks Dan put down two keyboard parts using the Juno 60, and then Jeff put a nice delay effect on the one in the right channel.
Around the same time, the CNN correspondent Deborah Feyerick, who was near Mr. Sanders, insisted that the channel's coverage pause so that it could be put on a delay.
Nasa's other satellite - the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) - will see the whole landing sequence but it only has a "store and forward" capability, which puts a significant delay in its data return time to Earth.
There the Cardinal put up four runs, capped by a three-run double by Austin Wilson, before a three hour and 32 minute rain delay put a damper on the comeback.
