stagger along
Example Sentences
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A lot of the drummers I used tried to straighten out the beat but my real intention was to never straighten it out, to have it stagger along.
From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2012
Having escaped from the caverns, Lara has to stagger along a coastal path and into a jungle area to locate any other survivors of the crash.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2012
With odd jobs and her husband’s — albeit shriveled — earnings, she could stagger along.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2010
France can stagger along for a while, as a beggar, but she cannot continue as a great nation that way.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Again and again had we to lie to for long dark days and nights; and when we ventured to run before the storm, we had literally to stagger along under bare poles.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Stables, Gordon