staggered
Example Sentences
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Startled young women, hands in the air, staggered out of darkened rooms.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
The prime minister said he was "staggered" to find out last week that civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him about red flags in the initial vetting process.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
For the next seven hours he staggered and crawled upward, at times needing five or six breaths for every step.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
BDC managers tell Barron’s that public debt is just one part of their financing structure and that their debt is laddered with staggered maturities.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
Bent double, two moles staggered up carrying between them an enormous rock.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
