LAGGARD in a Sentence
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Example sentences for LAGGARD, such as:
1. The sailor had been taught not to be laggard in carrying out orders.
2. The lessons of yesterday had been that retribution was a laggard and blind.
2. The lessons of yesterday had been that retribution was a laggard and blind.
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Meanings and Examples of LAGGARD
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laggard
a. slow; sluggish; wasting time
Classic Sentence:
1 The horns of the victors sounded merry and cheerful flourishes, until the last laggard of the camp was at his post; but the instant the British fifes had blown their shrill signal, they became mute.
2 The lessons of yesterday had been that retribution was a laggard and blind.
3 The remains of our regiment which had been in action rapidly formed up and moved to the right; from behind it, dispersing the laggards, came two battalions of the Sixth Chasseurs in fine order.
Example Sentence:
1 The sailor had been taught not to be laggard in carrying out orders.
2 The congregation being fully assembled, now, the bell rang once more, to warn laggards and stragglers, and then a solemn hush fell upon the church which was only broken by the tittering and whispering of the choir in the gallery.