postpone

How To Use postpone In A Sentence

• The match was postponed to the next day because of bad weather.
• The vote is likely to be postponed to a specially convened synod in November. Times, Sunday Times
• A notice was posted on the box office doors to announce the postponement ‘due to inclement weather’.
• The Democrats realized the same thing, but rather than using this as leverage to get a long-term postponement to investigate the charges, the pressure really was just to have some kind of a hearing. Hill’s Sexual Harassment Charges 1 Year Ago
• Labour often postponed planned duty rises when world oil prices were rising. The Sun
• Otherwise, your in-box will become a catch-all tray where things go when you want to postpone making a decision.
• After a year of construction and a weeklong postponement of the original opening date -- leaving die-hard fans champing at the bit -- Vivienne Westwood, the storied British fashion label, has finally opened its first U.S. store, on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. Vivienne Westwood Opens First US Shop In West Hollywood
• David had to postpone any college plans he may have had when his uncle died suddenly.
• He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour.
• It is totally out of the question to postpone the midnight deadline.