BackgroundRecently, nonlinear time-delayed evolution equations have received considerable interest due to their numerous applications in the areas of physics, biology, chemistry and so on.MethodsIn this paper, we obtain traveling wave solutions by using the extended -expansion method.ResultsBased on the method, we get many solutions of the time-delayed generalized Burgers-type equations.ConclusionsThe results reveal that the extended -expansion method is direct, effective and can be used for many other nonlinear time-delayed evolution equations.