Object

• joint: Alway s stagger the end joints of adjacent rows by at least 30cm.

• home: Johnson then staggered home, returning later with a gun with which he shot White dead.

Preposition: at

• promise: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.

Preposition: through

• door: The journey home was particularly uncomfortable and when I eventually staggered through the door of my home I was knackered.

Modifying Another Word

• drunkenly: The rest of us stagger about drunkenly, spill things often and expend huge amounts of energy just staying in one place.

• backward: As Beaker staggered backward, he dropped the ax and tried to pull the chicken body off his face.

• back: Somehow I managed to stagger back into the bedroom.

• slightly: Syd is staggering slightly as he makes for a nearby plastic chair but curiously, thereâs a sparkle in his eye.

• finally: When they finally stagger out and their table is being cleaned, an empty Vodka bottle appears.

• forward: He staggered forward like a drunk, guilt pulling him down like a physical weight.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• along: We walked the course, Stewart staggered along behind us, I don't think he stays 3 1/2 miles.

• around: I remember staggering around with my group of friends, speaking very loudly in French to all who would listen.

• off: From Ben [ Ben ] Oh yeah - I'm staggering off to bed.

• out: Then I would stagger out to take a taxi to Heathrow airport.

• over: Buck staggered over against the sled, exhausted, sobbing for breath, helpless.

• on: They were uninjured, however; so he once more attempted to stagger on.

Followed by a transitive particle

• down: A tramp staggers down the road with a bottle in his pocket.

• off: But shall we ask people who stagger off trains at 6am or 7am to get to cleaning jobs?

Preposition: under

• weight: You stagger backward under the tremendous weight and crash into the wall.

Preposition: from

• crisis: For too long it has staggered from crisis to crisis under the constant threat of armed force.