Sample sentences for PROCRASTINATE

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Definition

postpone doing what one should be doing

I should have started the paper last week, but I procrastinated until last night.

procrastinated = postponed doing what should have been done earlier

If I get a little thin, it is with anxiety about my prospects, yet unsettled — my departure, continually procrastinated.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
All we do is argue and debate and procrastinate.
Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
You can't procrastinate much longer.
Louis L'Amour -- The Broken Gun
He wished me not to procrastinate.
George Eliot -- Middlemarch
The procrastination of the catastrophe she now fully expected, though it were only for a moment, afforded a relief.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pathfinder

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

He procrastinated and I knew I was right.
John Le Carre -- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
"I'm not a big fan of procrastination."
Nora Roberts -- Dark Witch

As she opened the folder, she realized that her procrastination also had to do with the fact that she didn't really want to deal with the problem.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Whatever your choice, choose quickly, because I fear that if you continue to procrastinate, the Varden will disintegrate into an uncontrollable horde.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
Procrastination is not agreeable," observed Amy, taking a last look at the diamonds.
Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women

I didn't have time to procrastinate any task, no matter how minor.
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
She too had become used to thoughtful procrastination, and felt alarmed when it came to an end.
E.M. Forster -- A Passage to India

Madeline would have welcomed any excuse to procrastinate; but, as it happened, a letter from Alfred made her departure out of the question for the present.
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Charles Dickens -- David Copperfield

She tugged at her sweater, procrastinating for one last moment before starting toward him.
Nicholas Sparks -- True Believer
I weighed my options carefully as I loitered outside the classroom, procrastinating.
Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
He had, so far, made the letters H and T. 'If you procrastinate, you're going to miss the bus.'
Jodi Picoult -- Nineteen Minutes
Our students waste more time on UMe.com than any other site, and its owner donates some of the proceeds from that procrastination back into education.
Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key

The moment her existence was divulged, he knew that shouts, accusations, and fear would be directed at him .... so he procrastinated.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon

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