limp along
Example Sentences
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The rest will limp along, pretending they didn’t see it coming.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
The interview was never rescheduled, and the investigation would limp along for another few years before culminating, in late 2022, with a victory for Caterpillar.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
It’s harder for folks who can work remotely to justify using a sick day, because technology makes it so easy to limp along through our tasks when we should be resting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, another low-polling candidate, remains in the race but will face pressure to depart or limp along.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
The hands of this God would be bright with flowers that would never die and this God would sing and stutter and limp along an alleyway and pass judgment in the land beside the river.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
