straggling
Example Sentences
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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 • Nov. 23, 2022
"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 • Nov. 16, 2022
In New York City, a monument production hub less than a century ago — where now only a few straggling businesses remain, including just two full-service companies — this was not good news.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022
“Usually, you have to call somebody, somebody might be doing something different, come in straggling from special teams or something,” Morris said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2022
He left it and crossed the courtyard to the farthest corner where his sleeping mat was spread under a straggling acacia tree.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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