draggle
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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
It goes right hard with her to draggle her skirts in the dewy strawberry beds; but she feels consoled when I fetch up the till!
From Idle Hour Stories by Eugenia Dunlap Potts
A few feet from the coach the water appeared to deepen, and the bear-skin to draggle.
From Jeff Briggs's Love Story by Bret Harte
The nice old maid near him turns away in disgust when she sees his moustaches draggle in the soup.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various
He cut a short pole at the water’s edge and drew from one of his pockets a bit of line and a draggled fly that had once been a royal coachman.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2018
Fifteen months later, a battered, be draggled ghost ship, the Wolf again dodged through the British blockade and limped home to her base.
From Time Magazine Archive
White flowers whirled like snow and her draggled hair streamed back from her face as she squinted against the draft.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Wart draggled off to the tower room, where Merlyn was busy knitting himself a woollen night-cap for the winter.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Slowly the sky above grew lighter, and then suddenly the clouds broke, and their draggled fringes trailed away northward up the River.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
“We had to grow,” Alexandra hissed as she propped herself against the terminal, her dark hair a curtain draggling before her as she hung her head.
From The Verge ● Feb. 13, 2019
Brooding over them is the gaunt figure of the Gravedigger Captain in his draggling coat, explaining to Adam Ember that he took the job because he wanted to be on the side of victory.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tail is thickly covered with long hairs, placed vertically, the hairs draggling on the ground.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by Adam White
He looked down at the torn strakes draggling in the water alongside, at the smashed boat, and the tangled wreckage on the fore-deck.
From Command by William McFee
The trees that lined the roadway were shrouded in a draggling vapour.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
