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Examples of dragger in a Sentence
we quickly left the draggers behind and sprinted up the hill
Recent Examples on the Web
Over the past week Germany, the perennial foot-dragger, has done what the U.S. has spent decades politely asking it to do: begin to disconnect its energy sector from the Russian grid and commit to spending seriously on its own defense.
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Gerard Baker, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
For better or worse, Hill is too much of a gentleman to call me a knuckle-dragger.
—Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
But for now, even a blind knuckle-dragger can do a hearing.
—Kristin Wilson and Paul Leblanc, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
Take the Cowboys’ scoring drive just before the half, when Dalton found Gallup on a 19-yard toe-dragger down the left sideline … and then on a back-shoulder fade in the left corner of the end zone to take a 20-17 lead into halftime.
—Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2020
So, if your foot-dragger is, say, a phone-hating introvert with pandemic anxiety, then the call to the pediatrician isn't the thing to delegate.
—The Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
Becket Adams writing for the Washington Examiner, Dec. 30:
NBC News’ Chuck Todd offered a good reminder this weekend that many in the press view people of faith as regressive knuckle-draggers.
—WSJ, 30 Dec. 2019
No knuckle-draggers, no chowder; not even any annoying pop music blaring from Pylon speakers.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2018
While the Europeans have undeniably richer interiors and pedigrees, Detroit's latest muscle cars aren't low-tech knuckle draggers.
—Brent Romans, Edmunds, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2018
Gerard Baker, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
For better or worse, Hill is too much of a gentleman to call me a knuckle-dragger.
—Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
But for now, even a blind knuckle-dragger can do a hearing.
—Kristin Wilson and Paul Leblanc, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
Take the Cowboys’ scoring drive just before the half, when Dalton found Gallup on a 19-yard toe-dragger down the left sideline … and then on a back-shoulder fade in the left corner of the end zone to take a 20-17 lead into halftime.
—Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2020
So, if your foot-dragger is, say, a phone-hating introvert with pandemic anxiety, then the call to the pediatrician isn't the thing to delegate.
—The Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
Becket Adams writing for the Washington Examiner, Dec. 30:
NBC News’ Chuck Todd offered a good reminder this weekend that many in the press view people of faith as regressive knuckle-draggers.
—WSJ, 30 Dec. 2019
No knuckle-draggers, no chowder; not even any annoying pop music blaring from Pylon speakers.
—Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2018
While the Europeans have undeniably richer interiors and pedigrees, Detroit's latest muscle cars aren't low-tech knuckle draggers.
—Brent Romans, Edmunds, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2018
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First Known Use
circa 1500, in the meaning defined above
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dragger
noun
drag·ger
ˈdra-gər 
: one that drags
especially
: a fishing boat using a trawl or dragnet
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