Get to know Dragging better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like effortful or slow.
Dragging meaning
- That drags.
- boring; dull
- excessively long
Using Dragging
- The main meaning on this page is: That drags. | boring; dull | excessively long
- Useful related words include: effortful, slow.
- In the example corpus, dragging often appears in combinations such as: dragging the, and dragging, dragging her.
Context around Dragging
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dragging
- In this selection, "dragging" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, man, anchor, athena, themselves, down and markets stand out and add context to how "dragging" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 13 kilometers dragging her body and after dragging themselves back. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dragging" sits close to words such as arrows, howe and malaria, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dragging
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Becoming emotional he hurries out, dragging his foot. (8 words)
Athena and Billie walked out together with Athena dragging Billie along. (11 words)
Bullying of Afrikaans students at US – ‘HRC must stop dragging its. (11 words)
After dragging themselves back into the match having gone two goals down within minutes of kick-off, Manchester United complete a spirited comeback to beat Nottingham Forest and extend their long winning streak at Old Trafford. (36 words)
By clicking the forward and backward arrows you can change the time of day you are looking at, and you will be able to move the map by clicking and dragging your cursor across the screen. (36 words)
After the MP3 file has finished downloading, open GarageBand on your computer or mobile device and import the MP3 file into a project by dragging it from your documents app into GarageBand’s media library. (35 words)
Are you annoyed that is dragging out the potential reveal that Glassman’s cancer has returned? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
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After dragging themselves back into the match having gone two goals down within minutes of kick-off, Manchester United complete a spirited comeback to beat Nottingham Forest and extend their long winning streak at Old Trafford.
After the MP3 file has finished downloading, open GarageBand on your computer or mobile device and import the MP3 file into a project by dragging it from your documents app into GarageBand’s media library.
A Hamilton man is facing three provincial charges after videos showed him hitting and dragging his dog down a sidewalk, horrifying witnesses in late June.
A man carried out a prolonged assault on another man, dragging him from his car and punching him, then returning to attack him again.
And so even leaving it, she stayed on her spiritual quest with dragging me along at a point, frankly.
And when you think about his reasons for dragging his feet, maybe it has to do with the fact that it really would force them to act. They would have to take action on China.
Another interesting note is that Bel has yet to have a quarter where one of its segments isn't dragging down the others.
A retired Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) worker has accused their former employer of "dragging their heels" claiming a leak has caused her to live in a B&B.
Are you annoyed that is dragging out the potential reveal that Glassman’s cancer has returned?
As has been the case for much of the era of the East and West divisions in the league, the Big Ten West is an anchor dragging the conference down.
Asian shares climbed Tuesday after Wall Street advanced on potentially encouraging news about interest rates, which have been dragging markets lower since the summer.
Athena and Billie walked out together with Athena dragging Billie along.
A Wisconsin Republican congressman-elect blasted Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., for “dragging” out to fundraise off of it.
A woman was hit by a car filled with drunk men, who drove on for 13 kilometers, dragging her body lodged in the car’s wheels.
Becoming emotional he hurries out, dragging his foot.
Bullying of Afrikaans students at US – ‘HRC must stop dragging its.
But some members of the ACF were reported to have misunderstood Aduku to have spoken on behalf of the forum and went ahead to allegedly warn him to desist from dragging ACF into Kogi politics.
By clicking the forward and backward arrows you can change the time of day you are looking at, and you will be able to move the map by clicking and dragging your cursor across the screen.
By this point, it's clear that the Jedi Order did plenty of damage by dragging children into the conflict that would bring the ultimate collapse of the Republic.
Common combinations with dragging
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dragging the 25×
- and dragging 17×
- dragging her 15×
- by dragging 13×
- dragging his 13×
- of dragging 10×
- is dragging 10×
- dragging on 9×
- dragging him 8×
- dragging out 8×