6 sentences with 'delay'
Example sentences and phrases with the word delay and other words derived from it.
• « Despite the final defeat of the Spartan force, this delay gave the Athenians enough time to get their navy into position, and they crushed the Persian navy in a single day. »
• « However, there was a remarkably long delay in the spread of printing in Eastern Europe, especially in Russia, as it was not until 1552 that a printing press arrived there. »
• « Thus, Germany sent forces to the Balkans and Africa to support its Italian allies. By the spring of 1941, the Germans held all of southeastern Europe and had pushed the British back in Africa, which was a major victory for the Nazis, but also a delay in their plans. »
• « Without delay, the police notified other agencies, the FBI and television stations of the case. »
• « In the same year, 1912, during Robert Scott's tragic expedition to the South Pole, Captain Lawrence Oates' feet froze. In order not to delay the desperate return of his companions, he said to them one night: "I'm going for a walk; it may take me a while to get back". And he set off to meet certain death in the squall of wind and snow. There was undoubtedly great class in this gesture. »