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Because your figure is perfect, and because she is straggling.

From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Trollope, Anthony

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 Cooper, James Fenimore

A last group is straggling through the gateway.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

He is straggling in the heart of the eddy.

From Pélléas and Mélisande by Hovey, Richard

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 Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir