straggle

Object

• village: Aspatria is a long straggling village, standing on a sandy ridge, which slopes from each side.
• street: Borth is a very desolate place consisting of a long straggling street of the houses of fishermen.
• town: Cirencester was held for Parliament in early 1643, but it was a straggling town with inadequate defenses.
• house: The church in this village would contain several thousands of persons; and the village is reduced to a few straggling houses.
• line: By this time walking wounded were arriving in a steady straggling line at the advanced dressing Station alongside the battery.
• hamlet: At Golders Green, a straggling hamlet in 1901, ( fn.

Modifying Another Word

• back: Now, at 2030, hrs they straggle back with empty tanks.
• very: The village is very straggling, comprising many villa residences surrounded by gardens.
• somewhat: Whilst somewhat straggling in formation, the old heart of the village has considerable charm.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• out: The word was passed along and soon we were all afoot and straggling out into the moonlit courtyard.
• along: Richard and Dalek would push on at their own pace and we would straggle along at ours.
• off: But in the end they straggle off, muttering.
• down: The rather industrial village straggles down to the muddy Stour, and on the far bank sits the fine Essex town of Manningtree.

Followed by a transitive particle

• up: The sun rose as he came out of the skirts of the wood and saw Tunstall hamlet straggling up the opposite hill.

Particle object:

• hill: The sun rose as he came out of the skirts of the wood and saw Tunstall hamlet straggling up the opposite hill.

Preposition: of

• house: The view takes in the straggle of village houses, and the lake beyond.