Citations:lagging


 * 1595, William Shakespeare, King Richard II
 * How long a time lies in one little word! / Four lagging winters and four wanton springs / End in a word: such is the breath of kings.
 * 1859, Walt Whitman, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking", from Leaves of Grass
 * Carols under that lagging, yellow, waning moon!
 * 1861-1865, Emily Dickinson, Delayed till she had ceased to know —
 * Oh, lagging yesterday
 * 1878, W. S. Gilbert, H.M.S. Pinafore
 * We'll chase the lagging hours along