How to Use delaying tactic in a Sentence

delaying tactic

noun
  • To give the pitcher ample time to rest in the dugout, especially if there were two out, Lopes had a variety of delay tactics before getting to the batter’s box.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Notably, no new rule is in place to tackle the trend of goalkeepers going down to receive treatment, a delay tactic used at times to allow their manager to hold an impromptu team talk.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 31 May 2026
  • In the memo, lawyers called the document requests a delay tactic meant to interfere with the defendants’ motions to dismiss the case altogether, which were scheduled to be brought by June 5.
    — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • Yet House leadership fought off an attempt to at least sanction him, instead adopting a delay tactic of initiating another ethics investigation.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The move is among the most significant delay tactics available in the legislature, which runs on tradition and an ironclad 120-day timeline; triggering it this week disrupts the legislature’s budget marathon.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Trump has repeatedly floated recess appointments in public if GOP leaders can’t overcome Democratic delay tactics.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Trump has railed against the Senate delay tactic during the government shutdown, calling on Republican senators to destroy the filibuster power and end the shutdown through a simple majority vote.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Remarkable for her constancy and intelligence, Penelope devises delay tactics to discourage 108 aggressive suitors during Odysseus’s 20-year absence.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026
  • Most recently in that litigation, OpenAI has accused Musk of largely refusing to participate in discovery, allegedly using delay tactics to keep OpenAI from raising a defense against Musk's claims.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2025
  • OpenAI suspects that Musk is using the litigation as a delay tactic while his own AI firm, xAI—recently folded into SpaceX—races to catch up to OpenAI’s lead after the launch of ChatGPT in 2022.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026

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