How to Use delay in a Sentence

delay

1 of 2 noun

• Do you know what's causing the delay?
• After months of delay, construction on the new school began.
• Airline travelers are experiencing delays of up to three hours.
• The delay might be about more than getting a fifth-year opt-out.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
• The launch also faced a one-day delay due to bad weather.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2023
• Raising my kids has shown me delays could be a chance to pivot.
  — Essence, 12 Jan. 2024
• The production delays caused by the strikes could have an even greater impact on 2024.
  — Jake Coyle, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2023
• The staffing shortages triggered long lines and flight delays.
  — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• The problems for the performance have since been pinned on the sound delay in the stadium and Barr starting the song on too high of a note.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
• In the longest of the delays, passengers sat aboard a plane in Texas in August 2020 for six hours and three minutes.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 29 Aug. 2023
• Hundreds of flights in and out of the UK have been delayed, according to The Guardian, with delays of up to 12 hours reported.
  — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 28 Aug. 2023
• Resident Fred Margolis blames the delay in part on the city.
  — Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• Pro tip: Stay on top of park websites for closures, delays, and traffic.
  — Erin Gifford, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2023
• The 911 hold times problem isn’t new, and the department has long explained staffing problems and high call volume have led to the delays.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
• The delay began with Montenegro on first and no outs in the third, then Etzel doubled to right-center on the fifth pitch after the re-start.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 5 June 2023
• Marathon is supposed to be out in 2025, but that’s already after one major delay.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• Another man said the delay was more like 45 minutes; a third person said the call box in his cell was not functioning.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2023
• From July 15 onward, the road will nearly be back to regular use, with 30-minute delays.
  — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
• The fashionably late Mexican pop queen made up for the 10-minute delay with an explosive dance-rock marathon.
  — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• The delays over funding contributed to Foxconn’s decision to give up on the chip foundry, reports Reuters.
  — Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 11 July 2023
• Many companies ship gift baskets only on certain days at the beginning of the week, so that there’s less of a chance of a weekend delay.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
• In Kemmerer, there’s still hope that the hundreds of coal workers who will lose their jobs when the local plant shuts down will find work, but the delays are causing jitters.
  — Max Bearak, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• Crime and courts Trump’s trials: Recent court delays could help the former president.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2024
• Also, Limp proved his first point with an uncomfortable silence about the length of an Alexa delay, which was pretty great.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
• The result, Leggett and others said, was confusion for local school districts and a month-long delay for the Blueprint schedule.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• In the meantime, the treasurer has asked Maryland schools to be patient if there is a delay in processing payments.
  — Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• Chronic delays have foiled the billion-dollar state-of-the-art institution better known as the GEM, much to the chagrin of travelers.
  — Adam Erace, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
• And the reshuffling could cause product delivery delays.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
• With all the waiting around and delays, the journey would occasionally take almost an hour.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024
• Call it the long run of rock collectors’ trials — one that’s finally scheduled to begin this week after a lengthy delay.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2024

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delay

2 of 2 verb

• The doctor wants to delay surgery for a few weeks.
• He delayed too long, and now it's too late.
• She's planning to delay her retirement.
• Production problems delayed the introduction of the new model by several months.
• And a try at Aussie rules wasn’t the only thing that delayed him.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
• The band finished the first leg of the tour, then delayed further dates to allow the frontman to heal.
  — Vulture, 3 Jan. 2024
• At one point Saturday, Democrats sought to delay the vote to give them time to read the bill.
  — WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
• The show was originally scheduled for the evening of Nov. 10, and was delayed by two days.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023
• The court aims to reach a decision this month, though the case could be delayed if any judge requests more time.
  — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• But the restaurant opening has since been delayed and the chain now expects to open the Tempe location in the fall.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023
• This year the cold, rainy, windy spring delayed their arrival here well into April.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
• That can affect whether your flight is delayed or canceled, and how smooth or bumpy your plane ride is.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2023
• Filing by mail is one of the top reasons refunds get delayed.
  — E. Napoletano, wsj.com, 1 Jan. 2024
• Rather than voting to choose the first version of the policy, the board chose to delay its decision.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2023
• On the way to Puerto Rico from a stop in Chicago, their plane was slightly delayed.
  — Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
• His new goal is to delay the inevitable demise of his 2010 Volkswagen Golf.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 29 Aug. 2023
• Too big a rally, taking place too early, could induce the Fed to delay rate cuts.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Some vendors did not show up on the report at all, suggesting some bills have been delayed, which would make the books look rosier.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 23 July 2023
• In the meantime, a prolonged work stoppage among the actors could delay the return to work for writers.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes.
  — Fox News, 28 Jan. 2024
• The movie was originally scheduled to be released this month but the writers’ and actors’ strikes last year delayed it.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• Disney delayed several films as a result of the work stoppages.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2023
• If the growth projections don’t occur, the second 1% cut will be delayed until the ETF growth requirement is met.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• But the issue has come to a head in recent days as the feud begins to delay nominees at the highest echelons of the military.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 13 July 2023
• That trial was delayed in the aftermath of the escape and White retaining a new team of attorneys.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 8 June 2023
• The launch, initially set for Tuesday morning, was delayed twice due to high winds and cumulus clouds.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
• But the company spent years delaying parts of the change with legal appeals, winning a reprieve while the Supreme Court considered the case.
  — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2024
• The cool weather this spring delayed some planting, but temperatures are heating up just in time for plant sales going on all over the state.
  — Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 8 Apr. 2024
• Second, Biden had delayed talks for months, challenging McCarthy to show what his budget plan would be.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 1 June 2023
• At least 10 players collapsed during the game, according to sources in the Rolling Stone report, and medics were delayed in an effort to preserve the camera shots.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024