Example sentences for: delay

How can you use “delay” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Also, an editorial condemns Republicans for avoiding the accelerating fight against racial preferences: "It won't do for Republicans to delay the prize of colorblindness, even for a moment, by silently ignoring the battle while it's waged."

  • Lifestyle changes delay the onset or prevent the incidence of type 2 diabetes in patients with glucose intolerance, a key feature of metabolic syndrome [3].

  • Based on these time periods alone, it appears likely that the agencies could have obtained comments earlier and issued the interim rules in time to permit SBREFA's 60-day delay period for congressional review.

  • DeLay has been taking sudden umbrage at accusations that he is a tool of corporate lobbyists.

  • A longtime FAA security official described the air carriers' approach to security regulation as "decry, deny and delay" and told us that while "the air carriers had seen the enlightened hand of self-interest with respect to safety, they hadn't seen it in the security arena."


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