straggle
verb (used without object)
to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals.
straggled
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past participleof straggle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof straggle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
straggleverb (used without object)to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals.
Example Sentences
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The crowd straggled toward City Hall, where Kauffman launched into his speech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
Now, day after day, he and the other students straggled into their classroom at 11:30 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2020
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, set the tone as lawmakers straggled back to Washington from a weekend extended by their political party retreats.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2017
It’s an understandably more upbeat bunch than the group that straggled home from the Maui Invitational having dropped four of five.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2016
We straggled down quickly through the rain to the cars.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
