stagger
verb (used without object)
to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
will stagger
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future tenseof stagger.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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And the company says it will stagger employees’ shifts so people aren’t all arriving and leaving at the same time.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
“Maybe Lue will stagger the minutes when you have two point guards,” the second scout said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
Then came Montero and the bottom of the 11th, and another loss for a Mets team that will stagger back to Citi Field looking to somehow turn things around.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2017
That's why I still think the coalition will stagger on to the designated election day , 7 May 2015, under its present Cameron/Clegg duumvirate.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2013
This will stagger you; but I assure you that until the other day I jogged along thinking of myself as on the whole still one of the juveniles.'
From Echoes of the War by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
