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staggered

adjective as in angular

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Example Sentences

The play is double trouble, with George flying around a stagger screen and Leonard jostling for a snug position down on the left block.

He had a drunken stagger and slurred speech, so putting two and two together, I figured security had eighty-sixed him.

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His success later in the afternoon has staggered a nation and sent two families reeling from heartache that never diminishes.

Kitty staggered around the corner to the rear of her building, trying to make it home.

I was not prepared for the staggered, ruthless falling apart of one of the people I love most in the world.

Edwards (who was governor for a total of sixteen, staggered years from 1972 to 1996) was long-dogged by charges of corruption.

Sid was the only one who laughed; staggered around, holding his gut.

He staggered along with much difficulty and managed to complete half of it by Christmas.

The drunken Man staggered to his feet, and hiccupped vehemently in the face of the assembled Gods.

In this case, the holes in the tracker bar are made smaller than usual and they are staggered--or arranged in two rows.

Black Hood fell back from the door, staggered by his first contact with that hissing gray hell.

As she turned the corner, a lame child in a calico dress and torn hood staggered past her bent with the weight of a heavy basket.

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On this page you'll find 288 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to staggered, such as: jagged, akimbo, crooked, crotched, divaricate, and forked.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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