dragging

Example Sentences

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“Those talks are still ongoing, with ITV promising an update soon. While it’s impossible to say why talks are dragging on, one can only speculate it is disagreement about price,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

I’m a firm believer that any meal involving golden egg yolks, a skillet full of sauce and toasted bread meant for dragging through said sauce is already halfway to perfection.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

“That move is dragging the rest of the space higher — in many cases for no real fundamental reason.”

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Hopes of a peace deal to end the Iran war were also dragging down oil prices earlier in the week, which could weigh on Shell’s profit.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

In a feathered hat and banana-yellow dress dragging past her feet, one woman waddled to her seat.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas