straggle

Example Sentences

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They admitted it didn’t pay to keep it for just us straggle of kids who went there.

From Literature

There are other people, straggling revelers, giddy still with the war’s end, and clogging up the streets with their unfamiliar nocturnal activities.

From Literature

As they trudged deeper into the forest, the trees around them became bigger and closer together, tangled with vines and surrounded by straggling bushes.

From Literature

Some flocks choose to fly early in the season, others straggle far behind.

From Literature

The youngest, the straggling teenaged Låke, was born off the grid and has no identity, legally speaking.

From Los Angeles Times