straggle

Example Sentences

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As pupils straggled in, the teachers offered a cheery hello or simply ignored them.

From New York Times

But the stragglers may not be able to straggle much longer: Bans on the chemicals are coming.

From Seattle Times

The whole thing took 15 minutes, and ended with a police officers shouting at straggling photographers and guests to get out of the street already so a city bus could come through.

From Washington Post

"It was really challenging straggling down the rock faces to get to this shoreline and count all the plastic that was there," she said.

From BBC

Celebrate Maryland native Frances Tiafoe, who barged into Friday’s semifinals and jumped to the front of the straggling line of candidates to end American men’s nearly 19-year drought in Grand Slam singles events.

From Los Angeles Times