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How To Use defer In A Sentence

• You had to rebush the rod if the slack was excessive, or rebore the big end if it was split - all of which you hoped could be deferred until the entire affair had to be dismantled for white-lead testing.
• Given that the DA will see his chances for re-election dwindle if he/she is perceived to be soft on a multiple felony slam-dunk conviction case against a spoiled, arrogant, crime-committing, room-temperature-IQ behemoth, I suspect the moron in question (e.g., the football player), after considerable wheeling and dealing by his zealous defense attorney -- who is just doing his job, will likely receive felony deferred adjudication from the appropriate court. No Prison for Plaxico?
• We want to defer the exorbitant, latter-day costs of all that energy binging, masquerading as democracy "preachifying"? Alec Baldwin: It's Time To Suck It Up And Pay Our Bill
• The department deferred the decision for six months.
• And like past challenges to civilization, such barbarism thrives on Western appeasement and considers enlightened deference as weakness, if not decadence.
• One option could be to defer payment until the owner dies and the house is sold. Times, Sunday Times
• The decision has been deferred by the board until next month.
• He said the national executive agreed to defer the election to October 2, two weeks later than the original date of September 18.
• There is no chance that deflationary pressures brought on by collapsing commodity prices will persuade consumers to defer spending. Times, Sunday Times
• Instead, he underplays and it's a joy to watch him assume just the right mask of deferential blandness to manage his Colonel.