straggle
verb (used without object)
to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals.
has straggled
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present perfectof straggle (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The sharp barkings of the dog increase in fury, and when the trapper emerges in the open, he finds the wolf has straggled a hundred yards farther.
From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut
Here is a farmer who has straggled all the way from Altenburg.
From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie
