draggle

Example Sentences

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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

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

The nice old maid near him turns away in disgust when she sees his moustaches draggle in the soup.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various

He did not tie him to anything, but merely rested the bridle over the pommel of the saddle, so that it might not draggle upon the ground.

From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.

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