LAG in a Sentence

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31 example sentences for LAG, such as:

1. He lagged behind in the race.
2. I'm sure you've experienced jet lag before.
3. His horse lagged behind the adjutant's and jolted him at every step.
4. Several players began to lag behind even at the beginning of the race.
5. The woman's resentment of the rebuff seemed to spur her lagging ideas.

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 Meanings and Examples of LAG
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lag
 v.  delay; drag; the act of slowing down or falling behind
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  An hour later when the conversation began to lag, Gerald, with a guile that belied the wide innocence of his bright blue eyes, proposed a game.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Mr. Bumble, who was ashamed or afraid to lag behind, followed: obviously very ill at ease and with scarcely any of that remarkable dignity which was usually his chief characteristic.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
3  My child, believe me none of us shall lag behind or pause from any fear.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
4  She hurriedly ascended the narrow dimly lit stone staircase, calling to Pierre, who was lagging behind, to follow.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXII
5  Next day, with the sole idea of not sparing himself and not lagging in any way behind them, Pierre went to the Three Hills gate.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXVII
6  Tikhon did not like riding, and always went on foot, never lagging behind the cavalry.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER V
7  The woman's resentment of the rebuff seemed to spur her lagging ideas.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
8  When the enemy seemed falling back before him and his fellows, he went instantly forward, like a dog who, seeing his foes lagging, turns and insists upon being pursued.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
9  There was a lagging, anxious silence, and then all of a sudden there was an explosion of firearms and a cry.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
10  If they don't get any fresh evidence, it'll only be a summary conviction, and we shall have him back again after six weeks or so; but, if they do, it's a case of lagging.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
11  His horse lagged behind the adjutant's and jolted him at every step.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXI
12  To the noncommissioned officer's excuse that the prisoner was ill and could not walk, the officer replied that the order was to shoot those who lagged behind.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XIV
13  He did not see and did not hear how they shot the prisoners who lagged behind, though more than a hundred perished in that way.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER XII
14  "And that son of a bitch Petrov has lagged behind after all, it seems," said one sergeant major.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER VIII
15  But to his surprise Willarski soon noticed that Pierre had lagged much behind the times, and had sunk, as he expressed it to himself, into apathy and egotism.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence:
1  Several players began to lag behind even at the beginning of the race.
2  She did well in her first year at school but then started to lag behind.
3  If we lag behind other nations in economy, we will be thrown into a passive position.
4  It's a good idea to spend the first night of your holiday sleeping off the jet lag.
5  I'm sure you've experienced jet lag before.
6  One of the perks of business travel is frequent-flyer points; a trip may end with a large dose of jet lag, but at least some points will be earned, which can be redeemed for benefits worth 1.5 cents for each.
7  He's lagging behind a bit - I think we'd better wait for him to catch us up.
8  The restructuring of the pattern of consumption in Britain also lagged behind.
9  He lagged behind in the race.