straggler (Meaning)

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straggler (n)

someone who strays or falls behind

The straggler was panting heavily as he desperately tried to keep up with the marching column.
The last straggler finally arrived at the rendezvous point, exhausted and relieved.
Isolated stragglers were easy targets for the enemy's snipers.
The shepherd anxiously counted his flock, ensuring that no straggler was left behind.
In the chaotic aftermath of the battle, many soldiers became stragglers, lost and disoriented.
The tortoise was the ultimate straggler, slowly but steadily making its way across the finish line.
The injured animal lagged behind the pack, becoming a vulnerable straggler.
The straggler's slow pace held up the entire team, causing frustration among his companions.
The straggler refused to be left behind, even though his weakened condition put the entire group at risk.
The straggler disappeared into the darkness, his fate unknown in the vast wilderness.

someone who strays or falls behind

snail,lingerer, laggard, slug, slowpoke, crawler, dawdler, dragger, loiterer, plodder

hustler, hustler, scrambler, speedster, scrambler,speedster, go-getter, rusher,speeder, speeder

The straggler was panting heavily as he desperately tried to keep up with the marching column.

The last straggler finally arrived at the rendezvous point, exhausted and relieved.

Isolated stragglers were easy targets for the enemy's snipers.

The shepherd anxiously counted his flock, ensuring that no straggler was left behind.