Stagger is an English word with synonyms like lurch or walk. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Stagger in a sentence
Related words
Stagger meaning
- An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
- A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
- Bewilderment; perplexity.
Synonyms of Stagger
Using Stagger
- The main meaning on this page is: An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion. | A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling. | Bewilderment; perplexity.
- Useful related words include: lurch, walk, overpower, overwhelm.
- Possible Dutch translations are: wankelen, waggelen.
- In the example corpus, stagger often appears in combinations such as: to stagger, stagger the, stagger it.
Context around Stagger
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stagger
- In this selection, "stagger" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, easily, affects, clotheslines, ability, cage and damage stand out and add context to how "stagger" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also quickly stagger an enemy and amount of stagger so they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stagger" sits close to words such as acorns, acrobatics and acura, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stagger
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Player will, which directly affects stagger ability. (7 words)
Fiona says: 'We have had to stagger daytime activity. (9 words)
The double clotheslines stagger Daniels though and Coriolis gives Fletcher the pin at 14:10. (15 words)
One method that will make this fight a bit less difficult is to use the hunter tool Augur of Ebrietas to stagger him after he does his plunge attack, which opens him up for a back stab. (37 words)
The Flan Prince tends to follow any spell by leaping towards Clive, so dodge that leap and hit it hard to chip away and stagger it, then unload on it with Eikonic attacks to drain its health. (37 words)
Schaff looks to fight out of a chin lock, he’s cut off with a knee strike but when Cage tries a Drill Claw Schaff slips free and unloads with chops to stagger Cage. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Even on multiple playthroughs that fight is still a pain, and I can’t imagine it without long-range, high-impact missiles to easily stagger it.
One delivery struck Bill Woodfull near the heart, causing him to stagger; another hit Bert Oldfield on the head, leaving him concussed.
One method that will make this fight a bit less difficult is to use the hunter tool Augur of Ebrietas to stagger him after he does his plunge attack, which opens him up for a back stab.
Player will, which directly affects stagger ability.
Schaff looks to fight out of a chin lock, he’s cut off with a knee strike but when Cage tries a Drill Claw Schaff slips free and unloads with chops to stagger Cage.
The Battleaxe is a solid weapon for the early to mid-stages of the game, especially after the changes to increase its windup speed and stagger damage.
The double clotheslines stagger Daniels though and Coriolis gives Fletcher the pin at 14:10.
The Flan Prince tends to follow any spell by leaping towards Clive, so dodge that leap and hit it hard to chip away and stagger it, then unload on it with Eikonic attacks to drain its health.
This is a destination like nowhere else in town – with parties pretty much everywhere, small plates unlike any you’ve ever seen, and a bar of drinks that stagger the imagination (and your sobriety).
This strategy works well in both phases, using explosive weaponry to stagger the Spider and then pounding it in melee combat.
While it doesn't deal a ton of damage, just three hits from this Ash of War will stagger most enemies (excluding bosses), and four hits will knock them flat on their backs.
A chain of speedy attacks from a set of daggers or something like the Ash of War: Sword Dance can also quickly stagger an enemy.
As a cherry on top, the grenades also inflict a high amount of stagger, so they're quite useful against bosses as well.
If you like to parry, note that it may take a couple of parries to fully stagger a boss.
In cities coast to coast, from Boston to San Francisco, addicts lie senseless on the pavement, even in the rain, or stagger around looking for their next fix.
The Ukrainian would go on the offensive late on, causing his opponent to stagger before knocking him down, after landing a flurry of brutal blows to the Gypsy King's head.
Another jumped from the arch but managed to stagger back to friends before falling "very unwell".
As such, Two-Handed increases the ability of 2H weapons to stagger opponents and deal more damage with power attacks.
Fiona says: 'We have had to stagger daytime activity.
Firms will be asked to limit the number of workers brought in to offices or factories — or to stagger starting times.
Common combinations with stagger
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to stagger 21×
- stagger the 7×
- stagger it 3×
- and stagger 3×
- will stagger 3×
- or stagger 3×
- stagger work 2×
- stagger their 2×
- the stagger 2×
- sani stagger 2×