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

Other jurisdictions have also been working out how to handle employees who straggle or refuse to follow vaccination mandates.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021

He was a night owl, coding way past midnight and up in time to straggle into the office late in the morning.

From New York Times • Jul. 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

At their feet lay a straggle of low buildings, a criss-cross of walls; and on three sides the precipices fell sheer into the plain.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley