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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The whole thing took 15 minutes, and ended with a police officers shouting at straggling photographers and guests to get out of the street already so a city bus could come through.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022
"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
Celebrate Maryland native Frances Tiafoe, who barged into Friday’s semifinals and jumped to the front of the straggling line of candidates to end American men’s nearly 19-year drought in Grand Slam singles events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
A pair of straggling spectators crossed his path, and he swerved to avoid them, nearly losing his balance, and he ran on.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
It wasn’t too long before we were all stretched out, a long and straggling line that got longer and stragglier the farther we went.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
