stragglingly in a sentence
adv.
📚 Grade Level: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Definition
Stragglingly: in a manner characterized by lagging behind or moving slowly and unevenly, often due to exhaustion or distraction.
Sample Sentences
- The team arrived stragglingly at the finish line, exhausted from the long race.
- She walked stragglingly behind her friends, lost in her thoughts and unaware of her surroundings.
- The students entered the classroom stragglingly, some still shuffling through their notes.
- Stragglingly, the last few hikers approached the summit, their energy waning with each step.
- He joined the conversation stragglingly, trying to catch up to what everyone was discussing.