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How to use lagging in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective, noun

Lagging means falling behind, not keeping up the pace. Example: “Liam was lagging behind in the race.”

Examples of lagging by meaning

adjectiveOccurring after; indicating the later phase of.

  • A leading wave is one which reaches its maximum value before another, which is thus a lagging wave1944, David Hay Surgeoner, Radio for aeroplanes, page 34

nounA prison sentence, originally one of at least three years.

  • "Whether you'll get a nine or a lagging depends on the answer you give me, Mrs.1926, Edgar Wallace, The Square Emerald

More sentences with lagging

  • Liam was lagging behind in the race.From the entry lag behind
  • This is one area Singapore is lagging behind, PM Lee noted.2017 August 20, Lee Min Kok, “PM Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech: All you need to know in 3 minutes”, in The Straits Times. From the entry gao lak
  • 'When trading in opium becomes legal I doubt if Gemmell Company will be lagging behind.'2012, E.V. Thompson, Dream Traders, →ISBN. From the entry dance to a different tune
  • This complex unwinds duplex DNA while synthesizing pentaribonucleotide RNA primers for use by the lagging strand polymerase (gp43).2015, Erin Noble et al., “Coordinated DNA Replication by the Bacteriophage T4 Replisome”, in Viruses, volume 7, →DOI. From the entry pentaribonucleotide
  • Husband's under water so she hassles with her laaities, starts lagging with her buddies and lights herself a gwaai.1997, Barney Simon, Born in the Rsa: Four Workshopped Plays, page 27. From the entry gwaai
  • Spun glass mattresses are used for lagging the boiler, which has three Ross pop safety valves on the front ring.1941 April, “British Locomotive Developments”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 173. From the entry safety valve
  • The 4-6-4 tank engines were not finished in the usual livery, as the boiler lagging clothing plates were of unpainted planished steel.1948 September and October, “The Why and The Wherefore: Locomotive Livery, G.S.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 348. From the entry planished
  • When a cooperative farm in Feitung County was lagging behind the others, a number of county government officials left their office work entirely and went to help.[1958 June, Huang Lung, “45 Million Acres of Land Irrigated”, in New World Review, volume 26, number 6, New York: N.W.R. Publications…. From the entry Feidong

Meaning of lagging

  1. adjective Falling behind, not keeping up the pace.
  2. adjective Occurring after; indicating the later phase of.
  3. noun The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.

Full definition of lagging

Questions about lagging in a sentence

How do you use lagging in a sentence?
Lagging is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Liam was lagging behind in the race.”
What is a short sentence with lagging?
“Liam was lagging behind in the race.”
What does lagging mean?
Lagging means falling behind, not keeping up the pace.

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