Sentences

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

  1. The team arrived stragglingly at the finish line, exhausted from the long race.
  2. She walked stragglingly behind her friends, lost in her thoughts and unaware of her surroundings.
  3. The students entered the classroom stragglingly, some still shuffling through their notes.
  4. Stragglingly, the last few hikers approached the summit, their energy waning with each step.
  5. He joined the conversation stragglingly, trying to catch up to what everyone was discussing.