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Dawdle (Verb)

Waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!".

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

She was getting ready for work, but her siblings started to dawdle, making them all late.
He dawdled through the meeting, not paying much attention to the presentation.
In an attempt to avoid doing homework, the student liked to dawdle on social media.
Their habit of dawdling every morning made it difficult for them to catch their morning bus.
A tendency to dawdle often landed him in trouble with his boss, who valued punctuality.

Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc..

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

The child was dawdling at the back of the group, hesitant to follow the teacher to the park.
On the group hike, Sarah dawdled behind her friends, taking an extra moment to appreciate the scenery.
Their rival company was starting to dawdle in product development, giving them a chance to take the lead.
The tourists were dawdling at the last museum exhibit, not paying attention to the tour guide's announcement to move on.
The team's star player was dawdling on the field, unable to keep up the pace the opposing team had set.

Take one's time; proceed slowly.

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

She is dawdling over breakfast, and we are running late for school.
The tourists preferred to dawdle through the historic streets, admiring the architecture.
I love to dawdle through bookstores, browsing through shelves of literature.
If you keep dawdling, we will never reach the concert on time.
On Sundays, my grandmother likes to dawdle in her garden, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere.