dragging

[ US /ˈdɹæɡɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dɹˈæɡɪŋ/ ]

ADJECTIVE

marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner
it was a strange dragging approach
years of dragging war

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How To Use dragging In A Sentence

Her propeller shaft was fouled and she was dragging her anchor, so Endurance, some 25 miles away when the call went out, closed in at top speed to act as on-scene commander.
In many ways, dragging is to gravity what magnetism is to electricity.
His work has been dragging behind recently.
This may have the advantage of dragging the opponent onto unfamiliar territory. Times, Sunday Times
Practically speaking, all the stops that require dragging the wheels will put a bigger dent in your wallet since wheels cost a bundle.
A huge black beacon waddled along, dragging a reluctant mass of iron at the end of its chain cable, followed by a roughly-built "flatty" and a huge log of silkwood. Confessions of a Beachcomber
Weiss stiffened in his boots, the scar dragging down his eye seemed to pulsate. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
She stopped her excited babble and grabbed my wrist, dragging me off to math class.
Dragging the quilt around her she climbed out of bed and going to the east-facing window, she peered out. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
One mammoth cloud lay half-way across the sky, a big fleecy blanket, dragging its train. DANSVILLE

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