Term Gallery logo

Meanings of straggling in English

Spreading out in different directions.

Related terms
Usage of straggling in English
1
Our little army reached it after several days' straggling through the countryside.
Quicksilver
2
They rode in no particular order, just a straggling column of riders.
Quest for honour
3
The watchers pushed back along the side wall in a straggling line.
Don Strong, Patrol Leader
4
The straggling sail and wreck of the spars hanging over the side.
The Heir of Kilfinnan: A Tale of the Shore and Ocean
5
Pill occupied her time in putting her few straggling locks in curl-papers.
The Secret Passage
6
The clerks were moving out of the doors in long, straggling lines.
Rolling Stones
7
The hull control rooms were dimly with Earthlight straggling through the windows.
Brigands of the Moon
8
The station tonight, straggling late travellers maybe each looking for a companion.
A singular man
9
In the fading light the straggling wood wore a dreary, forbidding look.
The Intriguers
10
Those who did not hurry were straggling groups of men carrying weapons.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
11
There was a long straggling queue in front of the half-demolished stack.
Combed Out
12
They were past the market now and straggling back towards Commercial Street.
Anno Dracula
13
They turned their backs on the straggling town and faced the peaks.
The Precipice: A Novel
14
The march grew more regular, but the straggling did not altogether cease.
The Northern Iron
15
As they came straggling toward the pump-house one of them called back:
Heart of the Sunset
16
The torrent rolled onward, and at length the hindmost went straggling past.
The Scalp Hunters
About this term
More collocations
Straggling through the time
Straggling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common