draggle

Example Sentences

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Much of the uproar, as the U.S. duly noted and compensated for, was due to the fact that the politicians caught in the bloody draggle of Suez needed a scapegoat.

From Time Magazine Archive

As most of the actors draggle through their paces, it is plain that Novac and friends could easily outwit the lot of them.

From Time Magazine Archive

It will be needful, if it be wet weather, to clip their tails, lest these draggle, and so weaken the bird.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

She will not let her dignity draggle in the mud, like others I could name.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

I have nothing to do with such milk-sop organizations, or the donkeys that draggle at their heels.

From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Afton, Effie