Sentence examples for were delaying from inspiring English sources
verb
To put off until a later time; to defer.
Many were delaying this until June.
Then this spring, Pulama recanted; they were delaying that plan.
Afterward, the consumer advocates and health care professionals complained that Republicans were delaying the legislation.
But we were delaying the inevitable, until rogue nations got hold of a bomb".
After the hearing, all the lawyers refused to discuss the issues that were delaying an agreement.
Israeli officials said they were delaying any expansion of the war until the negotiations succeeded or failed.
The White House also said Iraqi paramilitary forces were delaying the delivery of food and water into Basra.
They are happy with the truce, and those who were delaying their marriages are getting married now.
He said that WVIT-TV and stations in Dallas and Charleston, S.C., were delaying the broadcast beyond prime time.
Families were delaying seeking medical attention because of the hostilities, or because they could not afford the transport costs.
He chided those who were delaying action in the hope that the health care law would be repealed.
