How to Use stagger in a Sentence

stagger

verb
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  • A hard slap on the back staggered him.
  • She staggered over to the sofa.
  • It staggers me to see how much money they've spent on this project.
  • They staggered the runners' starting positions.
  • Silas spoke many weeks ago about the need to stagger his young guards.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The routes will have staggered start dates between May 2 and May 25.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Panicked men and women staggering down the road just in front of her fell to the ground in pools of blood.
    — Isabel Debre, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Also, the new wall will be staggered, with breaks in places to allow access to the beach.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Start in a side plank on the right side, with shoulders and hips stacked, and feet staggered with your right foot in front of your left.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Vogel will have to find a way to stagger James’ minutes.
    — Broderick Turner Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Members serve staggered four-year terms and meet about twice a month during the school year.
    — Niki Griswold, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • At Orion, the sets are staggered so the music’s nonstop.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Maybe the answer is staggering a couple starters with the bench unit.
    — Pat Graham, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Straighten your legs and either stack or stagger your feet heel to toe.
    — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 16 May 2021
  • The tires are staggered, with 20-inch wheels on the front and 21-inch wheels at the rear, which helps improve aerodynamics.
    — Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2023
  • Step 2: After the glue dries, collect all the ribbon ends and stagger them so that the cones fall at varying lengths.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Cronin said the offense staggered because of a lack of ball movement and tempo.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
  • According to the beer garden’s website, the hunt is staggered based on age.
    — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In the wake of the Michigan State game, Michigan worked to have teams stagger their trips through the tunnel to avoid overlapping.
    — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Their terms are four years long and staggered, so half are up for election every two years.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The days of absence are staggered so its office hours remain the same as before the trial.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Did not stagger break and lunch times, like other plants did, to allow workers to space out.
    — Sky Chadde and Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Jones sets up with his feet staggered, knees bent, right hand on alight kettlebell.
    — Matt Gagne, Men's Health, 15 Aug. 2023
  • His dad would stagger scheduling to get kids to sports practice.
    — Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2023
  • Hernandez staggered out of the room, collapsed in front of Cole’s parents’ bedroom and died.
    — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • One team is going to swagger out of the three-game Bay Bridge Series in Oakland, and the other team is going to stagger out of it.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Meanwhile, the price of Bitcoin has been staggering back up from post-FTX fallout.
    — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
  • After making a par, Finau clutched his heart, pretended to stagger off the green and kissed his ball.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 July 2022
  • Zach Edey controlled the paint, Purdue fired away from behind the arc and IU staggered into halftime down 51-29.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Adding a guy like Walker to stagger rotations would keep the offense clicking at all times.
    — Nick Crain, Forbes, 5 July 2021

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