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    delay


    delayed


    delaying


    delays


    1. There was a good chance he wouldn't want to delay in getting back to the Gengee where both maps were located


    2. Patience - the ability to delay gratification – is another important lesson one should follow


    3. “It is most likely giving me a thirty second delay to enter the proper code to let the computer and the alarm monitoring station know that I have returned home to the house that I live in


    4. without delay enter the realm of the beast


    5. One of its weaknesses was its delay factor


    6. Bahkmar already had enough crystal in place that everyone's rendering was out with only a one clock delay, but he thought he noticed the audio getting two clocks behind for a few slices


    7. There is a noticeable delay before the reply


    8. Ram: If it chases you, there will be a delay in paying a debt or fulfilling a promise; if it hits you, it augurs loss of money


    9. Instead of turning, however, Lucy placed one unwilling foot in front of another, feeling amid the were-growl at the base of the world as if she must and without delay enter the realm of the beast


    10. also rich in the mineral magnesium, which is thought to improve recall and delay, age-related memory loss

    11. Gordon's Lamp was only a bit more than a million miles away by now, only a few second's delay


    12. This fabrication must be hidden from Alfred, a relatively easy ruse, but also from her avatar on Gordon's Lamp, a much more difficult task even now that the delay was several seconds


    13. They braved a decade of cantankerous lock operators and a five year delay in a smelly old desert city in Goblin country when a drought dried up a canal for awhile


    14. Any delay and the hurt would have returned


    15. He was to obtain the name of the fruit, to purchase some young trees and to plant them in the orchard at the manor without delay


    16. At check-in we were told there'd be an hour's delay and I have to say I was pleased


    17. “Notice what the doctor said about her bloodline, Naria,” Tarak pointed out without delay


    18. Kelvin was not going to delay the meeting


    19. 'No dessert here or what?' Parekh-ji said as there was a delay after the main


    20. They could not delay their departure so they would formulate a plan while traveling and be ready to put it in motion when they arrived

    21. I saved his life, but my one second of delay cost him his gift


    22. Forgive me my dear friend,” Naria apologized, “but I had a chance to find out if the Holds stood with me, and I could not delay, I had to find out quickly


    23. plant them in the orchard at the manor without delay


    24. “Sorry about the delay,” he said “It took longer than I expected to fetch these records


    25. Then there is a week during which you must stop and wait for some construction delay at some place along the route at which you have not stopped before


    26. The men were disgruntled at the delay


    27. He leaned as far out as he could reach and looked toward the Engine, and seeing nothing that suggested itself as an obvious cause for the delay he glanced at Mr


    28. without delay, which I have done


    29. I wonder what you had thought for my long delay of replying your letter by now


    30. I was also worried what you'll think about my long delay in writing to you

    31. What happened sweetheart?? What's going on? Something wrong with you? Are you all right? Was just wondering for your long delay in writing


    32. The only evidence of a delay was the wisps of white


    33. delay would have been disastrous) and stepped over the


    34. The delay cost them nearly two hours


    35. The planet's moon would be on this side of the planet for the next few hours so the delay to the android was a lot less and he could operate it much more successfully


    36. Alfred had a feel for the time delay and moved the android's arm to intercept where he was going to be a third of a second in the future, and grabbed him by the leg


    37. The delay in response between here and Narrulla had allowed him the time he needed, its actions were always resisting his previous move and helped him get the robot up in the air


    38. Up to a half second delay in the round trip of the signals to Narrulla and back and relatively low-level autonomous functions


    39. Just as the half second delay expired and Alfred's beam started to swing this way, it was suddenly silent for a fraction of a second, then there was a muffled splintering crunch as the table and its carpet impacted on something stone far below


    40. ‘I’m sure he was, but the delay cost him his life

    41. Therefore, it was the custom for Scherian men to delay marriage into their middle years, in order to limit the number of


    42. Nerissa did this without delay, then caught the lock he tossed at her and snapped it shut


    43. letters come to you with great delay, in


    44. He wanted the bullock to fall over without delay, in order to provide a better barrier


    45. In a country where the expense of the coinage is defrayed by the government, the value of the coin, even when it contains its full standard weight of gold and silver, can never be much greater than that of an equal quantity of those metals uncoined, because it requires only the trouble of going to the mint, and the delay, perhaps, of a few weeks, to procure for any quantity of uncoined gold and silver an equal quantity of those metals in coin; but in every country the greater part of the current coin is almost always more or less worn, or otherwise degenerated from its standard


    46. The planter, no doubt, by the high price which he pays for the goods from Europe, by the interest upon the bills which he grants at distant dates, and by the commission upon the renewal of those which he grants at near dates, makes up, and probably more than makes up, all the loss which his correspondent can sustain by this delay


    47. Now that there was nothing left to delay the inevitable, I floundered


    48. No private merchant, it has been said, could well have capital sufficient to maintain factors and agents in the different ports of the East Indies, in order to provide goods for the ships which he might occasionally send thither; and yet, unless he was able to do this, the difficulty of finding a cargo might frequently make his ships lose the season for returning; and the expense of so long a delay would not only eat up the whole profit of the adventure, but frequently occasion a very considerable loss


    49. Because we live in a temporal world and there is a delay


    50. Sorry for the delay













































    1. She went to bed in late October of 2278, but had she been suspended while the expedition departed? Was this some kind of delayed punishment for stowing away on that base the first time? Could that ship be the Presidente Lula, last of the sleeperships? Could she have been suspended so long that it was here already? It wasn't due to arrive for another sixty years


    2. The guru wastes all our time complaining about delayed fees


    3. Then I hear something that's like an answer to an unspoken prayer, "The preparations for the ceremony have been delayed, due to the heavy rain


    4. "'Analysis of the data was delayed until priorities involving separation were completed


    5. It was hot and busy and I groaned aloud when I heard that my 2230 flight was delayed by almost an hour


    6. My flight was delayed


    7. He would have been out before dark if the Colonel had not delayed him


    8. kept getting delayed in the courts, so she couldn’t put


    9. Alastair is home before me; the trains were delayed yet again


    10. Even so, they were delayed by traffic on a big bridge that reached from an inner ring island, to the main island near the edge of the caldera wall, allowing motor vehicle access to a road system that reached all over the island

    11. She glanced up as Chrissie joined the group; her eyes derisive as though she knew exactly what Chrissie had been delayed doing and considered it ridiculous


    12. He had regular business to conduct that detained him in some of those offices and many of the ladies with private workspace delayed him for the skills of his hands, one fringe benefit of life at the Kassikan he still allowed himself to indulge in


    13. the crossing for communications that absolutely must not be delayed


    14. It was a late morning start; delayed by breakfast and


    15. Then as it was anticipated, though far more delayed than expected, Tania and Poly at last stood on the dock one morning refusing to budge without some explanation


    16. She revisited the evening in the city when they left the theater and were delayed momentarily by that band of four louts


    17. “Actually it is the reason for our being delayed in joining you here


    18. If she delayed a minute more, they would never know she was even there


    19. The flight arrival information board updated and blurted out in red: DELAYED – MH370


    20. "I am sorry," said I, "but the matter cannot be delayed

    21. Later the same day, they found themselves delayed


    22. He proceeded on Hgenattas toward the circle, but it was crowded and he was often delayed


    23. "Honestly, I don't know what has delayed them so long, especially now that I know where they were


    24. They were delayed there for a week by monsoon, there was nothing to do but women with the beach rained out


    25. I had adroitly delayed the


    26. the matter could not be delayed


    27. “What failure? I told you that the storm delayed us… My point is that they gave that


    28. But he very soon was delayed again, when he happened to catch a glimpse of a certain shifty Argonian meandering near the marketplace


    29. “…No,” Was the delayed and leaden reply, “I…I’m quite confident that it’s lingering guilt rather than worry


    30. Justice, too, might frequently be delayed, in order that this present might be repeated

    31. That’s why the orgasm was delayed despite his desperate need


    32. Seeing that he was blockaded, with repairs delayed and with the


    33. Surgery and radiation delayed the inevitable but damaged the language areas of her brain


    34. The following day Simmonds received a communiqué, amongst the thousands of delayed messages on a standard channel, passed to him by his private secretary to his wafer-stand comm-link – providing a comfortable separation (and could easily be turned away from his focus if the caller got heated)


    35. Justice delayed is Justice denied or so say the long hair liberals


    36. Slikit returned to the burrow in a dejected mood, knowing that he would have to tell Soffen about Brock's disappearance, but he delayed, frightened of what her reaction might be


    37. It never delayed the groups long enough and it was not unknown for two or more groups to combine when needed


    38. They had delayed me for more than an hour with their uncalled for visit and the spoor went cold because of it


    39. "Cold War extremism delayed rather than hastened the end of the Soviet Union


    40. Although in some instances our government has failed to fulfill its stated promises or delayed its intended designs, the slavery issue quickly comes to mind, our Constitution has proven itself an instrument worthy of our considered opinion(s); a potential source of unrecognized events whose material and spiritual prospects, properly regarded, are possible

    41. “It came as kind of a delayed shock


    42. What: By his principled opposition to slavery (though he felt bound by the Constitution's recognition of it) Van Buren delayed both a war of aggression with Mexico to expand slavery and the genocide of California Indians that followed


    43. In fact, Reagan delayed and turned down negotiations that Soviet leaders wanted back in 1981


    44. Her long-overdue departure to Marathon Key was further delayed so she could speak with Caroline


    45. Normally, radiation is given right after chemotherapy, but because I had been so sick, my treatment was delayed


    46. The good part of this policy is there would be no war on Native cultures, and attempts to destroy Native languages stop or are at least delayed


    47. She had been putting fire to a joint and so hoped that her startled expression had been hidden behind her hands and that her laughter, delayed until after a long draw, managed to come off as spontaneous


    48. He’s been delayed again


    49. Truman saw them and heard the time delayed thumps from a ridge northwest of town


    50. Had Joseph been delayed? Perhaps he'd had a change of heart? Could he have been discovered, exposed? She didn't know, and the suspense was making her anxious and irritable










































    1. "I'm inclined to allow we leave them here," Kelvin said, "especially when we have to consider that we don't have suitable replacement entities available without delaying our departure


    2. others from delaying their movements


    3. Both have to do with reaching long-term goals through delaying short-term gratifications


    4. Delaying the inevitable, I combed my hair then twisted it into one long tress


    5. “I don’t see the point in delaying


    6. What you are doing here is merely delaying it


    7. Would the black badger accept his offer, or would he choose a hero's death? He hoped the former because to lose more of his guards now would mean delaying his follow-up attack on Badachro Sett


    8. These are just some of the potential causes of delaying the integration or blending of step-families


    9. There was no delaying the need to prove or disprove his theory


    10. So then, there are people who consider that delaying this war is neither ethical nor practical, but rather irresponsible and suicidal

    11. In keeping with the stated reason for delaying his departure, he left the Polonia and strolled around the adjacent streets, gawking at the war damage and at the shops and street vendors’ merchandise


    12. “EPA recently announced that it is delaying the announcement of the new ozone standards until "late


    13. I found that rather annoying, but I suppose to his mind he was delaying his first responsibility to deal with his second, me


    14. I was only fifteen and there was so much I wanted to do with my life, but even if I didn't die in that grim house I was only delaying the inevitable


    15. However, one of the best options in delaying the aging


    16. It has contributed to delaying and in some cases stopping various projects such, as building of oil refineries, and has generally caused increased costs and problems with our production of energy


    17. ―EPA recently announced that it is delaying the announcement of the new ozone standards until "late October


    18. Highway 90, I was told by Jeff Kominers, SEA 00L1, not to enter the shipyard nor start work because an executive order was both holding up my hiring and delaying my being granted the requisite secret security clearance


    19. Costa for delaying her treatment by at least nine months


    20. 48 But if that evil servant should say in his heart 'My Lord is delaying his coming'

    21. From now on you shall be speechless and shall not be able to speak until the day in which this shall come to pass because you did not trust this my word which shall be accomplished in its time; And the people were standing awaiting Zacharias and they were perplexed at his delaying in the temple; And when Zacharias went out he was not able to speak to them: so they knew that he had seen in the temple a vision; and he made signs to them and continued dumb; And when the days of his service were completed he departed to his dwelling


    22. problems came up with the ship, delaying us by a few weeks


    23. farmhouse at least for a week by delaying the reports, but at this


    24. So now that the Wellmans had brought up my leaving, there was no point in delaying it


    25. " He stretched and yawned, delaying the game as long as possible


    26. She would have to risk a distraction, as to wait for the army would mean failure although any action to disrupt and delay the ritual of transportation would be of some benefit, as by delaying them, they would have to go back over some of the magical rituals again or maybe even restart it from the beginning


    27. Maturity can be defined as the delaying or denying of short term gratification in favor of long-term reward


    28. The prefrontal cortex is involved in delaying gratification and impulse control and moderates the impulses from the limbic system


    29. issue can be resolved without delaying in


    30. delaying the need to install invertors but

    31. One way to catch up on one’s sleep without delaying the present operations was to go back in the distant past, park the ship in Earth orbit and put the autopilot on before going to bed


    32. It would be very difficult delaying the coroner’s inquest, especially with his lack of suitable grounds on which to base his request for a postponement; those things were usually wrapped up in one or two days following the incident, as after that details could easily be overlooked resulting in a miscarriage of justice


    33. procure the delaying drug


    34. months (for some trusts) into your finances and will penalize you by delaying Medicaid eligibility, if you have given away assets during that period


    35. If this is the case, it does help us by delaying the transaction


    36. Over the last four hours, the wind had risen quite strongly and presented a strong headwind to the approaching aircraft, delaying their arrival by minutes


    37. So instead of delaying the inevitable we could draw a line in the


    38. Canceling or delaying the attack just because of the arrival of these French planes would only spread fear and defeatism among our men


    39. Nevertheless, small groups of paratroops played a vital part in delaying German counterattacks which could have destroyed the US beach-head


    40. Then all expectations that the Germans would fight only delaying actions in southern and central Italy underwent a startling change when German divisions were observed moving from northern Italy to reinforce the troops south of Rome

    41. Therefore, in all probability, Truman ordered the bombings because delaying the war’s end would have been political suicide


    42. In his experience in World War Two and in the Korean War, the various units of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Army Air Force couldn’t coordinate a joint operation without wanting to constantly refer to their respective higher commands, often delaying the planning of operations by days and greatly complicating coordination


    43. They all feared delaying tactics on the part of the authorities


    44. “Bhaiya, what has happened? All the trains are delaying today?” I asked the shopkeeper


    45. As it turned out, the rocks were bigger than she had thought making it more difficult to keep her balance, and they had small, hard spikes protruding from their uneven surfaces, poking into the soles of her shoes and delaying her progress with such intensity as it seemed they had been purposely laid there so she would be apprehended


    46. I gulped down a glassful of mineral water, without delaying any second


    47. And it wasn’t his normal OCD death wish delaying him from taking action


    48. The man bent down to retrieve them and caused our agent to fall to the ground delaying him


    49. Garcia deactivated the SaLing skin, delaying his departure in order to study the


    50. Gerald would send him away for an hour; he’d employ some delaying tactic









































    1. Snow: A negative omen, signifying disappointments, difficulties and delays


    2. Spring: A spring of clear water indicates riches, joy and success; if the water is dirty, it bodes problems and delays; a spring with no water means illness and failure


    3. Usually it was notices of more processing nodes smashed to rubble and additional delays in getting souls into smaller targets


    4. 45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and shall begin to


    5. 48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delays his coming;


    6. He had fussed about laying them out properly, much to her irritation – and now he was raising even more delays


    7. Inclement weather delays and postponements will be made up at the end of each term, where permitted


    8. well aware that the recent delays meant that his pursuers


    9. solve the problem, just delays it, aggravating it


    10. We just need to remind ourselves of this truth that delays of the Creator do not equate its denial

    11. Necessity, however, always forced him to submit at last, though frequently not till after many delays, evasions, and affected excuses


    12. She sometimes, at least, from an affected concern for the peace of the parish, delays the settlement till this concurrence can be procured


    13. and they started for the hospital with no delays


    14. Sat in the open doorway of the wagon we were kicking out feet bored with the incessant delays that we had been subjected to


    15. looked nice out still, so without any other delays, we were out the door and got into his unmarked police car


    16. Only delays in translation caused it to appear to have been sent after


    17. Should there be any delays in your coming, I would be very grateful to you if you could send some money with Benek, because the situation is rather dire and we have no other source of income


    18. He did cautiously and slowly end the Iraq War, in spite of yet more fear mongering and delays by opposition


    19. With the exception of several delays, the operation went as planned


    20. He had wanted the timers set for six o’clock sharp, but with the delays, he ordered them set for 6:15, cutting dangerously close their window of escape

    21. Even with the help from the Arch-minister that had indeed expedited some processes, Tyrpledge was experiencing significant delays in most of his petitions and requisitions


    22. soldiers on furlough, and that he and Elizabeth were not the only Americans on their train, he was apprehensive as they rolled out of Germany and into Czechoslovakia, remembering the delays and interrogations involved in crossing frontiers when he had traveled to Italy


    23. They had not experienced the delays in travelling by train across Poland that they had in the spring, and Colling concluded that the Russians, or someone, must have repaired or replaced enough railway track so that they were not repeatedly forced to wait on sidings for other trains to pass


    24. build are faced with long delays and large legal fees and this could be solved by having Congress pass


    25. What is not clear to me is whether they were ever aware of the task they had been given, although they did it to perfection -beyond some delays and complications like the Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, the desert


    26. The report said nothing about the delays suffered by Bush in forming his administration


    27. Developmental delays in these family members, 458 people, 171 people have a


    28. Since our ship was not Imperial property or lands, I could refuse such a search, but there was no avoiding the delays that would cause


    29. “Won’t that cause further delays?”


    30. do nothing that will create obstacles and delays

    31. Delays, if any, are caused by the


    32. the obstruction, the delays and the actual allegations of what they were,


    33. "I was met with inaction, delays, roadblocks, obstruction and lies," retired


    34. "I was met with inaction delays, roadblocks, obstruction and lies


    35. It might also help to rethink our legal system that outright lies / twists the language / delays and delays and delays and manipulates until ‘they wear you down’


    36. Since Emily appears intoxicated, the thought of leaving her vulnerable again, delays my thirst


    37. Those who would build are faced with long delays and large legal fees and this could be solved by having Congress pass laws


    38. The judge said the ,‖government‘s continuous delays are intentional‘, part of an effort t use last year‘s BP oil spill as an excuse to limit fossil fuel extraction


    39. When EB had cost overruns and/or delays on the 688’s, the


    40. Delays and red tape go hand in hand, but if another attack

    41. Joanne also intensely disliked the delays engendered by Stan’s, then my, insistence that the lab’s policies and procedures regarding green sheets and Program Directives be followed to the letter


    42. As the Revolutionary Tribunal was said to be paralyzed by forms and delays, this law


    43. Avoid these costly delays by


    44. 45 But if that servant says in his heart 'My Lord delays his coming' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants and to eat and drink and to be drunken


    45. Truely I say to you He will set him 5 over all that he has; But if that evil servant say in his heart My Lord delays his 6 coming; and shall begin to beat his servants and the maidservants of his Lord and 7 shall begin to eat and to drink with the drunken; the Lord of that servant shall come 8 in the day that he thinks not and in the hour that he knows not and shall judge him and appoint his portion with the hypocrites and with those who are not faithful; There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth


    46. who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his lord has made ruler over his house to give them food at the due times? That servant is blessed whom his lord shall find doing so when he comes; Truly I say to you that he shall make him ruler over all his possessions but and if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord delays his coming and he shall begin to strike his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunkards; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he does not look out for him and in an hour that he is not aware and he shall cut him off and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites where there shall be weeping and grinding of teeth;


    47. Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his lord shall make ruler over his household to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant whom when his lord comes he shall find doing so; of a truth I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has but and if that servant say in his heart: My lord delays his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens and to eat and drink and to be drunken; The lord of that servant will come in a day when he did not look for him and at an hour when he is not aware and will cut him apart and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers


    48. God delays and denies you the things just to test out hunger


    49. In addition, any change in plans or unexpected delays can be immediately impacted on the project and assessed in terms of most probable outcomes


    50. Periods of construction on the new building hampered a few prospective memos he submitted for delays as he felt a section equaled many valued opinions







































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    Synonyms for "delay"

    delay holdup hold postponement time lag wait check retard detain hold up stay pause extension adjournment demurral suspension deferment moratorium hesitation lag dawdling delaying loitering procrastination obstacle problem obtrusion put off defer postpone table procrastinate hesitate arrest hamper bog incommode clog remain linger dally loiter dawdle tarry

    "delay" definitions

    time during which some action is awaited


    the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time


    cause to be slowed down or delayed


    act later than planned, scheduled, or required


    stop or halt


    slow the growth or development of