straggle
verb (used without object)
to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals.
are straggling
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present progressiveof straggle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In the latest, runners representing South Sudan and Mali have broken the tape, while Ethiopia and Chad are straggling.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2018
He compared some party leaders with commanders who are straggling in the trenches when their divisions are already on the attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
The students are straggling through the conference center to their dorms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of them are straggling soldiers, wearing uniforms under their other clothes.
From Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
There are straggling troops on the road now.
From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair
