draggle

Example Sentences

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Much of the uproar, as the U.S. duly noted and compensated for, was due to the fact that the politicians caught in the bloody draggle of Suez needed a scapegoat.

From Time Magazine Archive

As most of the actors draggle through their paces, it is plain that Novac and friends could easily outwit the lot of them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Caan't 'e see what a draggle tail, low-minded pass all this be bringin' 'e to?

From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden

A few feet from the coach the water appeared to deepen, and the bear-skin to draggle.

From Jeff Briggs's Love Story by Harte, Bret

Still, somewhere under the huddle and draggle of it all burned on the human soul.

From The Way of a Man by Hough, Emerson