desultory

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Desultory teams want The Next Mahomes, but what if there isn’t one?

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2018

Desultory peace talks among representatives of the Russian government, the Moscow-installed Chechen government and General Dudayev were suspended last month after General Anatoly Romanov, commander of all Russian troops, was gravely wounded.

From Time Magazine Archive

Desultory trade was kept up by the English until the middle of the seventeenth century, when English chartered slave-trading companies began to appear.

From The Negro by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

Desultory firing was carried on, but the sector at the time was comparatively quiet, as both armies were engrossed in their preparations for the great battle that was impending.

From Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive by Randall, Homer

Desultory fighting continued until midnight, when the enemy gave up the task of re-taking their lost line and retreated.

From Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles by McElroy, John