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
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
Thankfully, the tournament will stagger across the finish line Sunday with a final between Mexico and Jamaica.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2015
Newcastle United’s dreadful campaign will stagger anxiously into the final afternoon with their Premier League status still hanging by a thread.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2015
Though I was able to answer questions, that fact hardly diminished my feeling of apprehension, for a single failure in an attempt to speak will stagger any man, no matter what his state of health.
From A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography by Clifford Whittingham Beers
