Example Sentences

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This time around he follows straggling young people in Peru, Taiwan, and Sri Lanka, first separately until the geographical distance between them collapses and their timelines overlap.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

"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

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

Old men swing their arms with the vigor of cricket bowlers — not an Olympic sport yet — guiding a straggling journalist to a crosswalk.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021

Their progress was straggling and broken, slower than that which Holly had made with his picked band of three.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams