draggle
Example Sentences
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Much of the uproar, as the U.S. duly noted and compensated for, was due to the fact that the politicians caught in the bloody draggle of Suez needed a scapegoat.
From Time Magazine Archive
As most of the actors draggle through their paces, it is plain that Novac and friends could easily outwit the lot of them.
From Time Magazine Archive
So the bees go by in murmurous bands, Drowsily wand'ring to happier lands Where the lilies draggle the bank.
From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.
It goes right hard with her to draggle her skirts in the dewy strawberry beds; but she feels consoled when I fetch up the till!
From Idle Hour Stories by Potts, Eugenia Dunlap
She will not let her dignity draggle in the mud, like others I could name.
From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.