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

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

I have nothing to do with such milk-sop organizations, or the donkeys that draggle at their heels.

From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Afton, Effie

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

From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden