Examples of draggy in a Sentence
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Both of those challenges’ winning performances were draggy and funny.
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
That’s not always the case here, particularly in the draggy first act, where the actor seems to be phoning it in, as if conserving steam for the climactic scenes in which Othello is so consumed by jealous rage he’s pushed to near-madness and violence.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
How odd, then, that this is what drew the two-time Academy Award winner to the small screen: a flat, nonsensical clunker that, at six episodes, somehow feels both draggy and rushed at the same time.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
The film can’t get to its gut punch of a final shot without a draggy closing stretch that tries our own patience.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
In 1958, the scramjet, or supersonic combustion ramjet, was conceptualized – which would ignite fuel in a combustion chamber while air flowed through continuously at supersonic speeds, eliminating the ramjet's draggy need to slow that airflow down below the speed of sound.
—New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2024
The car’s range varies from 424 miles (big battery, RWD Taycan, no draggy or heavy options) down to 296 miles for a twin-motor 4S with a smaller battery and big wheels.
—Emily Price, PCMAG, 9 June 2024
The Lil’ Kim look is less draggy than the Lil’ Kim original.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
Despite some stuffy, draggy parts, this film is more satisfying than the first, with more nuanced themes, and its technical aspects are just as superb.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
That’s not always the case here, particularly in the draggy first act, where the actor seems to be phoning it in, as if conserving steam for the climactic scenes in which Othello is so consumed by jealous rage he’s pushed to near-madness and violence.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
How odd, then, that this is what drew the two-time Academy Award winner to the small screen: a flat, nonsensical clunker that, at six episodes, somehow feels both draggy and rushed at the same time.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
The film can’t get to its gut punch of a final shot without a draggy closing stretch that tries our own patience.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
In 1958, the scramjet, or supersonic combustion ramjet, was conceptualized – which would ignite fuel in a combustion chamber while air flowed through continuously at supersonic speeds, eliminating the ramjet's draggy need to slow that airflow down below the speed of sound.
—New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2024
The car’s range varies from 424 miles (big battery, RWD Taycan, no draggy or heavy options) down to 296 miles for a twin-motor 4S with a smaller battery and big wheels.
—Emily Price, PCMAG, 9 June 2024
The Lil’ Kim look is less draggy than the Lil’ Kim original.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
Despite some stuffy, draggy parts, this film is more satisfying than the first, with more nuanced themes, and its technical aspects are just as superb.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Draggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/draggy. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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