How to Use postpone in a Sentence

postpone

verb
  • The baseball game was postponed until tomorrow because of rain.
  • The school dance had been postponed.
    — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • There are plans to postpone the event but a date has not been set.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • So our wedding will have to be postponed 💔.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
  • Game doesn’t get postponed because a guy is hurt/sick.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The event was postponed and rescheduled the same day.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • As the approval process dragged on, the project was postponed once again.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The case has been postponed to May 13.
    — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But that spacewalk has been postponed.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The event was postponed due to the Davis wildfires last month.
    — Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The result is a treatment postponed for a few weeks.
    — Alex Mejia Garcia, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The presiding judge agreed to postpone the start for one day.
    — ABC News, 15 June 2026
  • The lender postponed the auction.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But this is not the first time Lebanese elections have been postponed.
    — Jasmin Lilian Diab, The Conversation, 5 Apr. 2026
  • That may force buyers to postpone or cancel home sales.
    — Greg Allen, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The dates will be postponed and rescheduled, the country star told fans in the glum video.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • Hard choices have been postponed year after year.
    — Steve Hershey, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Due to heavy rain and lightning in the area, the game was postponed at halftime for more than an hour.
    — Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 21 July 2024
  • The vote was scheduled for Friday but has been postponed to next week.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
  • However, the two sides elected to postpone it due to the spread of the virus.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Some people even postponed their holidays to stay and work with me on the project.
    — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Beatrice postponed college for a year and remained with us through the fall.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The ruling deals the latest blow to the city’s quest to postpone the election.
    — Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The measure was postponed for a year, its prospects at best uncertain.
    — CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That event has been postponed until May 21.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Those on long travel journeys can also postpone the fast.
    — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But if the alert lasts more than 30 minutes, the screening is postponed.
    — Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2025
  • It will either get postponed, or prepare for the entire group not to make it out of the groupchat.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 29 Apr. 2025
  • And what that means is that festering problems are postponed.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 16 June 2026
  • Gogic’s trial has since been postponed.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026

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