How to use "delay" in a sentence

If the woman actually hadn't known anything of the cover-up, then the Network could have used her ex-husband and the legal system to delay the reopening of the grave

When she turned to Elliot again, she was clearly ready to get the hell out of there, without questions, without argument, without the slightest delay.

But neither wanted to delay

The captain swore at the top of his voice at his own delay, and the ship increased speed.