How to Use postpone in a Sentence

postpone

verb

• The baseball game was postponed until tomorrow because of rain.
• 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
• Timberlake’s team has not advised if his injury would prevent any more dates from being postponed.
  — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
• Pappas also went to court twice to postpone the move-out date hoping to be granted time for its lawsuit to play out, but was twice denied.
  — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 16 May 2023
• The 77-year-old’s health problems had postponed previous attempts to put him on trial.
  — Afp, Fortune Europe, 1 Oct. 2024
• Detour signs will be in place, and weather or unforeseen circumstances could postpone the closure.
  — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 10 Oct. 2024
• The Creative Arts and Lifestyle ceremony is also postponed.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• People familiar with the negotiations cast the decision to postpone that meeting as a positive development, one that would give staff members more time to make progress.
  — Zolan Kanno-Youngs, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
• The death prompted her to postpone one of her Rio shows.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• There are plans to postpone the event but a date has not been set.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• The 49th edition of the event had been set for June 10 before it was postponed due to the writers strike.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
• 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
• McAfee agreed to postpone that deadline to Feb. 1 for Meadows and Clark.
  — Kate Brumback The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
• The vote was scheduled for Friday but has been postponed to next week.
  — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
• The Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin shows are being postponed.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Beatrice postponed college for a year and remained with us through the fall.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
• One option would be to postpone the entire event until after the strike is settled, in which case some money-losing Broadway shows would most likely close rather than hang on in the hopes of an eventual boost from a broadcast.
  — John Koblin, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• This year, because of the actors and writers strikes, the Globes are airing ahead of the Emmys, which were postponed to Jan. 15.
  — Jake Coyle, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
• Several Blink-182 shows were postponed and Barker briefly left the tour to be with his wife.
  — Chloe Melas, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
• But it was postponed until April 2024 amid the writers and actors strikes last year.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
• The court date was postponed because Karelina did not have a lawyer.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• The speaker can postpone some votes for up to two legislative days under the House rules.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
• The men’s was scheduled for Tuesday but was postponed to Wednesday.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
• The game was briefly paused and quickly resumed, but soon after, the referee postponed the game.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 4 June 2023
• Farage wrote in a statement on Twitter that the tour is not canceled, only postponed.
  — Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• Remember how that strange bout of rain at the beginning of May forced a couple of events to postpone?
  — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024
• San Diego schools postponed the first day of classes from today to Tuesday.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2023
• Geren postponed the vote until January 2027, years past the end of the legislative session, marking the end for the bill.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2024
• The initial court appearance to hear the charges against him has been postponed twice since December.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2024
• Williams’ Something in the Water festival will also return in April 2025 after being postponed last month.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024