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I . strag·gle [ˈstrægl̩] VB intr

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2. straggle (be dispersed):

straggle houses
verstreut stehen
straggle settlements
verstreut liegen

3. straggle (come in small numbers):

straggle
sich acc sporadisch einstellen

4. straggle:

straggle (hang untidily) hair, beard
zottelig herunterhängen
straggle (grow) plant
wuchern

II . strag·gle [ˈstrægl̩] N

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to straggle in/out
nach und nach kommen/gehen
a straggle of crumbling buildings is all that remains of the village
hier und da ein paar verfallende Häuser sind alles, was von dem Dorf übrig geblieben ist

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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It grows up to 1.5 metres in height and has a dense, straggling habit.
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The resulting statistical energy distribution or deviation from initial energy is called energy straggling.
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The huts, he wrote, are of a miserable order and straggled over a long continuous space.
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As a result, the fleet straggled out of the harbour in no particular formation.
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His troops, poorly trained and dispirited from the rapid changes of command, straggled into action on unfavorable terrain.
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Instead, he stayed with the pack train and straggled far behind the column.
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Some documents attributed to the 7th century display a transitional hand with straggling and rather uncouth forms.
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Hence, there will be a small variation in the range, known as straggling.
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His assessment was correctonly straggling merchantmen and small patrol craft hugged the barren coasts.
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In 1919, it was described as a small and straggling hamlet.
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