Synonyms for dragging
drag·ging

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1. draggingadjective

   marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner

   "it was a strange dragging approach"; "years of dragging war"

   Antonyms:
   effortless

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1. List of paraphrases for "dragging":

   drag, dredging

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1. Kyosuke Suzuki:

   The market had been a bit optimistic about an agreement so it was a bit of a surprise, but from the past experience during the euro zone debt crisis, the market is also accustomed to negotiations dragging on until the very last minutes. So while the tail risk appears to be rising, there is no panic in the market.

2. Peter McWilliams:

   Negative thinking is always expensive--dragging us down mentally, emotionally, and physically--hence I refer to any indulgence in it as a luxury.

3. New York:

   It's time for Republicans to stop dragging their feet on Loretta Lynch.

4. Alan Marshall Beck:

   A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world. She can jitter around, and stomp, and make funny noises that frazzle your nerves, yet just when you open your mouth she stands there demure with that special look in her eyes. A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

5. Stephen Vincent Benet:

   Life is not lost by dying life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.