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Moving at a slow pace
“The minor disruptions students cause during your lesson might be due to a dragging pace that leaves them with too much time on their brains.”
Tiresome and monotonous
“We wanted to maintain a theatrical narrative to prevent it from becoming a dragging monologue.”
Having a great duration or lasting a long period of time
“We were given a dragging lecture about how students need complete peace and quiet to study, and that the library was made for that purpose.”
Endless or apparently endless (often used hyperbolically)
Monotonous
Feeling tired, fatigued or weary
Not having or showing good health
Draft or draught
“Internet Radio stations are added by browsing to the website, and dragging the icon of the desired station into the drop window.”
Present participle for to pull or drag along through the application of steady force
“I was so weak that I could barely pull myself out to drag our boat over the sandy shallows.”
Present participle for to move or pass at a slow speed, especially of time
“He knew that the next nine and a half hours would drag by excruciatingly slowly.”
Present participle for to drag or scrape one's feet while walking or dancing
Present participle for to move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground
Present participle for to scrape against a surface, usually noisily
Present participle for to use force in order to move, move apart, or open (something)
Present participle for fish
Present participle for to accompany to a given location, typically while guarding or supervising them
Present participle for to search determinedly for someone or something
Present participle for to breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.)
Present participle for to subject (a place, text, etc.) to a thorough search in order to locate something
Present participle for to remove or take out, especially by effort or force
Present participle for to move through the water in a boat using oars or paddles
Present participle for to decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality
Present participle for to engage in activity with a person unwilling or unable to give consent
Present participle for to make emotionally sad or depressed
Present participle for to attract or lure by temptation
Present participle for to blow or breathe in repeated short bursts or gasps of air
Present participle for to operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle
Present participle for to take the life of
Present participle for to move across or through a given point
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