Sentence examples for we procrastinated from inspiring English sources
As they demanded our passports and ordered us to leave with them, we procrastinated for as long as possible, hiding memory cards filled with photos and address books listing the phone numbers of people who had talked to us.
McClellan's "immobility" highlights several classic reasons we procrastinate.
JAMES SUROWIECKI: The number of choices clearly does, in some cases, affect how much we procrastinate.
Without vulnerability how can we innovate?" Her words cut to the reason we procrastinate: according to psychologists, it is caused by an underlying fear of failing.
"People ask so much of us around the holiday season because we procrastinate," said Melissa Berman, president and chief executive of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, which advises donors.
Because of our "present bias," when we need to take a small, easy step to bring about some future good, we fail to do it, not because we've decided it's a bad idea, but because we procrastinate.
We procrastinate by asking everyone else what they think about our dreams, we make up 101 reasons why we will fail or make the wrong decision, we are fearful of others' judgements – so we stay in hiding.
With this admission, the author of "The Wisdom of Crowds" and the contributor of the magazine's Financial Page launched into an examination of the reasons we procrastinate, and the effect it can have on work, business, and even politics.
"I know that in 24 hours, if a decision is not made and we procrastinate, the country will rise to a level of violence that we have never seen before," said Mr. Jean, who had been denied a place on the ballot because he did not meet residency requirements.
