How to use delay in a sentence

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More sentences with delay

• After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.From the entry of
• Traffic on the JFK was delayed by construction of the new bridge.From the entry JFK
• The project was delayed because the slick had not been delivered to the printer.From the entry slick
• I wanted nothing more than to get out of that godforsaken place without delay.From the entry godforsaken
• The request stream is parasequential, so we have some latency delay.From the entry parasequential
• A majority of the present world's peoples delay the conferral of personhood (to children).From the entry personhood
• The train is going to be delayed by ten minutes due to trackwork.From the entry trackwork
• There was a slight delay while the program rerendered the image in its new perspective.From the entry rerender
• Labside prosthesis modification was required, necessitating a delay before final insertion.From the entry labside
• The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.From the entry all
• He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.From the entry none
• Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.From the entry funnel
• The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.From the entry railroad
• If a lamb is scouring, do not delay treatment.From the entry scour
• The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.From the entry cradle
• The decision was delayed due to administrative issues.From the entry administrative
• The referee assessed a penalty for delaying the game.From the entry assess
• After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.From the entry sentencing
• The baseball game went into a rain delay for about an hour before the skies cleared and play resumed.From the entry rain delay
• When there was a shipping delay, the salesman jollied the purchasing agent along to keep him from canceling the order.From the entry jolly along
• The plane has obviously been delayed.From the entry obviously
• When pruning a tree, stub cuts delay wound closure and can provide entry to canker fungi that kill the cambium, delaying or preventing woundwood formation.From the entry woundwood
• On a through-ticket you're legally entitled to later onward travel if a delay means a missed connection, but with separate train-specific tickets the risk is yours.From the entry through-ticket
• "In 14 years of operation, we have never once delayed a passenger train," Griffiths stresses.2026 July 22, Richard Wilcock, “The return of Red Star?”, in RAIL, number 2066, page 35. From the entry dwell time
• If delays occur during staging, both drivers and companies can lose money.2025 August 27, “Beyond the Loading Dock: Optimizing Warehousing and Driver Safety with Altitude”, in Freight Waves, archived from the…. From the entry staging
• She applied in February and requested that deportation proceedings be delayed, but that request was denied.2025 October 16, Jazmine Ulloa, “She Self-Deported. Now She and Other Crime Survivors Are Suing ICE.”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry self-deport
• Logistics were also hampered by the poor weather conditions and the arrival of reinforcements was delayed.2024 May 27, “D-Day and the Tremendous Cost of Victory”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2024, History. From the entry Omaha Beach
• I had one delayed when I wasn’t refreshing its tadpole tea enough.2024 June 18, User ClaimPowerful8024, reddit.com. From the entry tadpole tea
• So, will flights just get bumpier and delays even more common?2023 May 5, Julie Weed, “Sick of Bumpy, Delayed Flights? New Weather Tech Could Help.”, in The New York Times. From the entry bumpy
• After being delayed for a week, the firefly season at Kaohsiung’s Namaxia began on Friday (March 24).2023 March 24, Stephanie Chiang, “Taiwan's Namaxia firefly season starts late this year”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 12…. From the entry Namaxia
• The obstructionists didn't have their own plan, but they counted, successfully, on delay to frustrate any alternative.2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 395. From the entry obstructionist
• It is a picture of dither, delay, unrealistic costings - and Department for Transport indecisiveness.2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Railway's 2020 vision”, in Rail, page 3. From the entry indecisiveness
• In delayed criticality these neutrons are required to maintain the chain reaction.2019 March 13, Carey Sublette, “4.1 Elements of Fission Weapon Design”, in Nuclear Weapon Archive, archived from the original on 03 Mar…. From the entry delayed criticality
• These long delays mean that power level changes can only occur slowly.2019 March 13, Carey Sublette, “4.1 Elements of Fission Weapon Design”, in Nuclear Weapon Archive, archived from the original on 03 Mar…. From the entry delayed criticality

Meaning of delay

1. noun A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
2. noun An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
3. noun Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”).

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Questions about delay in a sentence

How do you use delay in a sentence?

Delay is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Two twenty minutes' delays.”

What is a short sentence with delay?

“Two twenty minutes' delays.”

What does delay mean?

Delay means a period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.