straggle
verb (used without object)
to spread or be spread in a scattered fashion or at irregular intervals.
straggling
Example Sentences
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This time around he follows straggling young people in Peru, Taiwan, and Sri Lanka, first separately until the geographical distance between them collapses and their timelines overlap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
But within the blanket of green are several brown patches — timber cuts — dotted with skinny, straggling trees.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
"It was really challenging straggling down the rock faces to get to this shoreline and count all the plastic that was there," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
Some of the financial disparities reflect straggling primary fields that have yet to be narrowed or candidates who only decided recently to enter their races.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
He would be careful to send out flank security, to prevent straggling or bunching up, to keep his troops moving at the proper pace and at the proper interval.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
