straggling
Example Sentences
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"It was really challenging straggling down the rock faces to get to this shoreline and count all the plastic that was there," she said.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2022
Amelia was straggling in with bleary eyes, asking what was going on and why we were all so awake.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022
“Usually, you have to call somebody, somebody might be doing something different, come in straggling from special teams or something,” Morris said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2022
Now that nearly all the straggling ballots have been counted, it’s worth looking at what really stood out in the totals for Seattle’s key 2021 races.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2021
Most days, however, we rode our bikes as far away from home as we could get, a flighty brood of the tiny butterflies straggling behind us.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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