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The four detachments above described, which had been straggling a little in their passage down the street, closed up at the end of it, and stood for a moment huddled together.

From The Second Funeral of Napoleon by Thackeray, William Makepeace

A turnip patch on the corner of the Farnshaw place which had been straggling, but green, when the cattle had passed through it that afternoon, had not a leaf to show as they returned.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.

A few, who had been straggling from the path, hurried up and ranged themselves close to the main body, as if for protection.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne

The caravan had been attacked, or, more likely, only a single waggon that had been straggling in the rear?

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne