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

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

Some would straggle into one port or another.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin