How to Use postpone in a Sentence

postpone

verb

• The baseball game was postponed until tomorrow because of rain.
• The death prompted her to postpone one of her Rio shows.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• There are plans to postpone the event but a date has not been set.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• The 49th edition of the event had been set for June 10 before it was postponed due to the writers strike.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
• McAfee agreed to postpone that deadline to Feb. 1 for Meadows and Clark.
  — Kate Brumback The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
• The Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin shows are being postponed.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Beatrice postponed college for a year and remained with us through the fall.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
• This year, because of the actors and writers strikes, the Globes are airing ahead of the Emmys, which were postponed to Jan. 15.
  — Jake Coyle, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
• Several Blink-182 shows were postponed and Barker briefly left the tour to be with his wife.
  — Chloe Melas, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
• But it was postponed until April 2024 amid the writers and actors strikes last year.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
• The court date was postponed because Karelina did not have a lawyer.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• The speaker can postpone some votes for up to two legislative days under the House rules.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
• Farage wrote in a statement on Twitter that the tour is not canceled, only postponed.
  — Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• San Diego schools postponed the first day of classes from today to Tuesday.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2023
• The initial court appearance to hear the charges against him has been postponed twice since December.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2024
• The disgraced dentist was also set to be sentenced this week, but his hearing has been postponed.
  — Muri Assunção New York Daily News (tns), al, 25 June 2023
• The Angels postponed their Monday night baseball game to Wednesday, citing the effects of storm.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• Severe weather that brought heavy rain and strong winds to Northeast Ohio caused Aldean’s concert to be postponed to a later date.
  — Molly Walsh | [e-mail], cleveland, 21 July 2023
• For these reasons, sadly, my doctors have advised me to postpone tonight’s show.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• After the search was postponed for the night, the body of the third skier was located Friday afternoon, the sheriff's office said.
  — CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
• Eastern, Swift postponed her second show in Rio de Janeiro that was planned for tonight (November 18).
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Nov. 2023
• Springsteen had also had to postpone some earlier shows with his E Street Band.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
• Comprehension will have to wait but coping cannot be postponed.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• The trial was originally set for March, but it was postponed last week and the judge didn't immediately set a new date.
  — TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
• Vazquez, charged in San Diego, has had his sentencing postponed multiple times.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
• Shortly after Marli's birth, Chance postponed his tour to spend more time with his family.
  — Taiwo Balogun, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
• Somers postponed its game against Ellington Wednesday after a house fire claimed the lives of four young children Tuesday who attended school in town.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
• Events might be canceled or postponed after press deadline.
  — Michelle Jenkins, Idaho Statesman, 28 Jan. 2024
• Abbas has led the PA for nearly two decades, postponing elections most recently in 2021.
  — Raja Khalidi, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024
• It was delayed across a couple of years due to the pandemic, and then postponed again in 2022 after Carlos Santana collapsed on stage at a show near Detroit.
  — Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024