How To Use straggler In A Sentence
- Wait for the stragglers to catch up.
- I know that a number of prisoners fell into the enemy's hands who did not belong to my command: such as cavalrymen on details to get fresh horses, soldiers on leave of absence, conscripts on special details, citizens not in the service, men employed in getting supplies for the departments, and stragglers and deserters from other commands. Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early C.S.A. : autobiographical sketch and narrative of the War between the States,
- He called Estelle back to him as soon as they came upon any stragglers from the _fête_, and took her hand in a way that neither his mother nor the child ventured to resist. Chatterbox, 1906
- Most likely Hilton was rushing to a fixed-gear freestyle "sesh" where literally hundreds of points were on offer and she hoped to snag a few stragglers in the bike lane on the way, but sadly for her she was stopped before she could get there. The More Things Change: The Indignity of Protesting by Bicycle
- Hopefully, the recent addition of a young Limousin bull will help us mop up stragglers next spring.
- When a rare disagreement arose, he tried to coax stragglers along or simply found a more acceptable phrasing.
- As they mooched off, one straggler swaggering along behind the others tried to do an oh-so-cool spit onto the grass.
- The bell resounded at its high-pitch scream and last-minute stragglers rushed in.
- Then he made the circuit of the field, to assure himself that all was right, and that there were no stragglers lying frozen in corners, or turned _avel_ [6] in the lirks of the knowes. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895
- A few stragglers return from lunch, and the April afternoon clouds are too threatening to tempt anyone to sneak out for an early tee time.