straggle
Example Sentences
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Might Rory McIlroy end his nutty straggle through his major-golf desert here?
From Washington Post • May 19, 2022
The emails that straggle through are litanies of the wreckage he’s seeing every day, interspersed with guilt and remorse at their separation.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2021
Other jurisdictions have also been working out how to handle employees who straggle or refuse to follow vaccination mandates.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2021
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
At their feet lay a straggle of low buildings, a criss-cross of walls; and on three sides the precipices fell sheer into the plain.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Vocabulary lists containing straggle
The Hobbit
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The Stranger
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