On one side of the plowed land, however, a thin birch bluff in full leaf Straggled up the rise, and a little creek of clear water wound through a deep hollow not far away.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
The court children Straggled in and stared, half-afraid.
"In Wild Rose Time"
Amanda M. Douglas
They did not advance in orderly formation, but Straggled up from local reserves and supports, and were smashed in detail by our artillery.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs