straggle

Example Sentences

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But the stragglers may not be able to straggle much longer: Bans on the chemicals are coming.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

The move comes as lawmakers straggle back to Washington for an abbreviated preelection session, as hopes are dimming for another coronavirus relief bill — or much else.”

From Fox News • Sep. 8, 2020

He’s glad tourists are scarcer too, even though they still straggle past on their way north to self-quarantines and social distancing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2020

“He could finish third in Iowa and straggle in here, in which case he’d almost certainly finish third here in as well and then go home,” Scala said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2015

So it was with some relief that I stepped from their woodland realm in early afternoon and strolled into the sunny, dozing straggle that was the little community of Cheshire.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson