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How to use straggler in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word straggler? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
A bird helps the old man locate a large albacore tuna, which is a straggler from a larger school of fish.
As they mooched off, one straggler swaggering along behind the others tried to do an oh-so-cool spit onto the grass.
Paraguay, a country which was in any case a straggler in Latin America when it came to democratisation, appears to be in jeopardy.
That said, though, winning an Oscar can do wonders for a straggler.
The sublinear dependence of blue straggler number on core mass is interesting.
When this person saw the first group pulling away, she decided to set out after them rather than wait for the assistant guide and the straggler to catch up to her.
A straggler to the left of the group who appears to have been drinking since the five French players arrived in January, swears repeatedly at the television.
Examples from Classical Literature
An equally strong line of cavalry in the rear drove in front of it every straggler or camp follower.
It is a straggler to Oceania and has not been recorded in the Hawaiian Islands.
Some thought a straggler had used it as a lodging, and set it on fire in lighting his pipe.
It is recorded as a straggler to the Caroline and Mariana islands.
My own servant, who had lost me in the crowd, was arrested as a straggler.
In a short time the last straggler was seen hurrying on his way, and the faint shouts of those in advance died insensibly upon the ear.
Tom trembled every time a late straggler brushed by them on the street, and half expected to feel the cold steel in his back.
Only the straggler or deserter has as few marks as you to show.
He entered cautiously, fearing a straggler had sought shelter there.
May your straggler justify your odd fancy this time, brother!
One straggler leaped down pretty briskly from the surface of the Great Bell, and alighted on his feet, but he was dead and gone before he could turn round.
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