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Examples of straggling
straggling
We were without fail the last to leave the site, straggling home exhausted at 9pm.
From the irishtimes.com
Especially when disoriented tourists are straggling around with wheelie cases.
From the independent.co.uk
With the men straggling around the sidelines, a certain martial perfection is lost.
From the lens.blogs.nytimes.com
Colubrina pedunculata is a thorny, sometimes straggling, shrub or small tree.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He looks right now more of a straggling wildebeest than a lumbering buffalo.
From the economist.com
With the side galleries subdued, a few straggling hecklers bobbed up in the central gallery.
From the canberratimes.com.au
A news-conference heckler gobbled up his last moments of face time before straggling cameras.
From the newsday.com
When a straggling vine snags her hair net, she accuses it of assault.
From the time.com
The Confederate Army's numerical strength suffered in the wake of straggling and desertion.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"
- Sidetrack: wander from a direct or straight course
- Sprawl: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
- To stray from the road, course or line of march; To wander about; ramble; To spread at irregular intervals
