draggle

Example Sentences

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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

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

So the bees go by in murmurous bands, Drowsily wand'ring to happier lands Where the lilies draggle the bank.

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.

The most splendidly angelic inspirations will not suffice to compensate the poet for feet that draggle in the mud, or stumble higgledy-piggledy among stony words, which his toes should have kissed into jewels.

From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock

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