straggle

Example Sentences

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The emails that straggle through are litanies of the wreckage he’s seeing every day, interspersed with guilt and remorse at their separation.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021

The move comes as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated preelection session, as hopes are dimming for another coronavirus relief bill — or much else.”

From Fox News • Sep. 8, 2020

He’s glad tourists are scarcer too, even though they still straggle past on their way north to self-quarantines and social distancing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2020

“He could finish third in Iowa and straggle in here, in which case he’d almost certainly finish third here in as well and then go home,” Scala said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2015

“Malcolm X’s decision to enter the mainstream of the straggle heralds a hopeful sign on the sickeningly dismal scene of brutalized, non-violent, passive resistance. ...”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey