laggardly

Example Sentences

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In Australia, a drop in employment figures and remarks from a central bank official about laggardly wages haven’t derailed a buildup of recent market bets on rate hikes beginning next year.

From Reuters

“This does put pressure on some of the more laggardly companies.”

From New York Times

Our laggardly renewal will sidle up to us on its own time, sleepy and shy, still clad in the scrubs it slept in, unable to remember which syllable in party gets the stress.

From Salon

The sleeping giant of the US electorate – traditionally among the most laggardly at voting among the developed countries – had suddenly stirred.

From The Guardian

Now he is leading a group, mocked within the government as “the Slim Suit crowd,” that is providing one more layer of confusion — and inane consultant argot — to the laggardly, disorganized response.

From New York Times