straggle
verb (used without object)
to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals.
is straggling
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present progressiveof straggle (3rd person singular).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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Because your figure is perfect, and because she is straggling.
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Anthony Trollope
He is straggling in the heart of the eddy.
From Pélléas and Mélisande by Richard Hovey
Neither have they thrown out a troop in advance, as should even in times of peace be done, and their rear is straggling from here to Bedhampton.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
As to your writing, it is straggling, uneven, and faulty in spelling.”
From Girls of the Forest by L. T. Meade
Biberich and the castle, or palace, stand immediately on the banks of the river, which, between Bingen and Mayence, is straggling and well covered with islands, having an entire breadth of near half a mile.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper
