- present participle of straggle.
straggling
Example Sentences
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Survivors wheeled and circled above the wreckage for days, and injured birds straggling ashore were killed by Angelenos looking for a free meal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
But within the blanket of green are several brown patches — timber cuts — dotted with skinny, straggling trees.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
The whole thing took 15 minutes, and ended with a police officers shouting at straggling photographers and guests to get out of the street already so a city bus could come through.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022
"It was really challenging straggling down the rock faces to get to this shoreline and count all the plastic that was there," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
A few wagons rolled sluggishly among the few straggling customers.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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