8 sentences for 擱 (gē — to shelve)

1. 我被交通堵塞耽搁了。

   wǒ bèi jiāo​tōng​dǔ​sè dān​ge le.

   I was delayed by a traffic jam.

   Source: Tatoeba

2. 有时候事情会被耽搁。

   yǒu shí​hou shì​qing huì bèi dān​ge.

   Sometimes things get delayed.

   Source: CCMatrix

3. 一定有什么事耽搁了他。

   yī​dìng yǒu shén​me shì dān​ge le tā.

   Something must have delayed him.

   Source: CCMatrix

4. 我很抱歉耽搁了。

   wǒ hěn bào​qiàn dān​ge le.

   I'm sorry for the delay.

   Source: OpenSubtitles

5. 我们可能耽搁了，但现在还不算太晚。

   wǒ​men kě​néng dān​ge le, dàn xiàn​zài hái bù​suàn tài wǎn.

   We may be delayed, but it is still not too late.

   Source: CCMatrix

6. 如果耽搁的时间太长，他的公主就会死。

   rú​guǒ dān​ge de shí​jiān tài cháng, tā de gōng​zhǔ jiù huì sǐ.

   If the delay is too long, his princess will die.

   Source: CCMatrix

7. 他预知自己的旅程会被恶劣天气耽搁。

   tā yù​zhī zì​jǐ de lǚ​chéng huì bèi è​liè tiān​qì dān​ge.

   He foresaw that his journey would be delayed by bad weather.

   Source: UM-Corpus: Education

8. 他把工作暂时搁下以便有更多时间陪儿子。

   tā bǎ gōng​zuò zàn​shí gē xià yǐ​biàn yǒu gèng​duō shí​jiān péi ér​zi.

   He put aside his work to spend more time with his son.

   Source: UM-Corpus: Education