dawdles

present tense third-person singular of dawdle
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Verb
  • However, all generations experienced isolation during lockdown, and the sense of social anxiety lingers.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As much time as the audience spends on the main characters’ dialogue, the camera also lingers on everything from the various settings of a rapidly expanding Macondo to the loaves of bread and soups in Úrsula’s kitchen.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Only his luggage now rests in a watery grave.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The cathedral rests on sedimentary remains from when Paris was still a Gallo-Roman town called Lutetia.
    Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Loose threads that fly about vigorously in the wind decorate almost every garment, the inside lining often pokes out in random places, and cutoff sleeves are repositioned as dress pockets.
    Denni Hu, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Ellen pokes her head out from behind a door as her friends grow impatient.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
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