straggling in a sentence

Examples

1. Alonso straggled into fourth, his rear tyres almost entirely bald.
2. The black hair was straggled and matted over the yellow face.
3. A straggling plant, it can grow to 20 ft high.
4. They straggled in _ one, two or three at a time.
5. Opel is straggling behind other European automakers in this regard.
6. The once mighty German army was now a straggling band of beggars.
7. An eternity later, woman and cat straggle onto the front porch.
8. A straggling few got up to go, leaving there the rest,
9. Just like everywhere else, a straggling national economy has curbed industry.
10. Then he dismissed the straggling media contingent with a firm: