Delays

Examples

• He knew he should have to go slowly, and the instincts of his race fitted him to suffer rebuffs and put up with delays. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The addition of the salicylic acid delays secondary fermentation in stock and export beers, which may then be kept for any length of time without becoming unsound or of unpleasant flavor. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• These delays and disappointments are quite odious. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He depended upon the country to gather his supplies, and so was not affected by delays. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Fresh doubts, fresh difficulties, fresh delays began to open before me in interminable prospect. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Day and night has been all the same, no delays being allowed on any account. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Shirley, in spite of her whims and oddities, her dodges and delays, has an infatuated fondness for him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Yes; and every delay makes one more apprehensive of other delays. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Necessity, however, always forced him to submit at last, though frequently not till after many delays, evasions, and affected excuses. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But there were more accidents and more delays in travel by coach than by train, and so, one by one, they pocketed their pride and capitulated. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• On this occasion we had no vexatious delays, and in about three days Pittsburg was reached. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She sometimes, at least, from an affected concern for the peace of the parish, delays the settlement till this concurrence can be procured. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Each one who believes that brings the good time nearer; each heart that fails delays it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I fancy, even already, that unavailing attendance on delays and evasions has made you something less elastic than you used to be. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Delays and free talk of the object of the expedition enabled the enemy to move troops to Wilmington to defeat it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There was a serious pleading in Lydgate's tone, as if he felt that she would be injuring him by any fantastic delays. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The results of this transportation system are remarkable, making a big saving in trucking expense, loss of material and the absence of usual delays. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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