DELAY in a Sentence

Learn DELAY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

262 example sentences for DELAY, such as:

1. His delay made the teacher angry.
2. They were brought up against unexpected delays.
3. The numerous delays disgruntle the passengers.
4. A little delay on his side might be very excusable.
5. After several delays we finally took off at six o'clock.

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 Meanings and Examples of DELAY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
delay
 n.  act later than planned; put off; adjournment
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The solemn butler knew and welcomed him; he was subjected to no stage of delay, but ushered direct from the door to the dining-room where Dr. Lanyon sat alone over his wine.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
2  Nor must I delay too long to bring my writing to an end; for if my narrative has hitherto escaped destruction, it has been by a combination of great prudence and great good luck.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
3  The scout-master arrived after a brief delay, during which John traversed the apartment with, unequal and disordered steps.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
4  To such feelings delay, even the delay of much preparation, would have been an evil, and Mr. Rushworth could hardly be more impatient for the marriage than herself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  The post was late this morning, but there has not been since a moment's delay.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
6  And why it was not done already she could not devise, for Miss Crawford certainly wanted no delay.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
7  "There is no good in this delay," said she.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
8  She supposed he could not yet leave his son, but it was a cruel, a terrible delay to her.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
9  The dog growled again; and licking his lips, eyed Oliver as if he were anxious to attach himself to his windpipe without delay.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
10  The driver wanted no directions, but lashed his horse into full speed, without the delay of an instant.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
11  After some delay, and some assistance from Toby, the shutter to which he had referred, swung open on its hinges.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
12  With these words, she gave Oliver her purse, and he started off, without more delay, at the greatest speed he could muster.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
13  Mrs. Bumble, whose patience brooked no delay, caught up a bowl of soap-suds, and motioning him towards the door, ordered him instantly to depart, on pain of receiving the contents upon his portly person.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
14  A few there were, who seemed unmindful of him, and looked only to the jury, in impatient wonder how they could delay.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
15  A little delay on his side might be very excusable.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence: (52 in 4 pages)
16  His delay made the teacher angry.
17  There's concern that a further delay will cause a damaging loss of momentum.
18  Of course the objection wrought my eagerness to a climax: gratified it must be, and that without delay; and I told him so.
19  Seeking to delay the union members' vote, the management team tried to protract the negotiations endlessly.
20  Stalled cars along the highway are a hindrance to traffic that tow trucks should remove without delay.
21  Any abrupt change in trajectory is a potential for another delay, an opportunity to begin fishing for something that's stuck.
22  The Queen merely remarking that a moment's delay would cost them their lives.
23  He seemed to overestimate his own powers, and we had to accept the delay.
24  We were not able to meet the deadline because of manufacturing delays.
25  They were brought up against unexpected delays.
26  Diplomats believe that bureaucratic delays are inevitable.
27  After several delays we finally took off at six o'clock.
28  Flight delays do occur, for reasons that are outside our control.
29  The ruling obligates airlines to release information about their flight delays.
30  The numerous delays disgruntle the passengers.