Verb (used with object) : This load would stagger an elephant. ,The vastness of outer space staggers the mind. ,The news staggered her belief in the triumph of justice. ,The captain staggered the troops along the road. ,They planned to stagger lunch hours so that the cafeteria would not be rushed.    From Dictionary.com. 

The perception that must be involved to do this kind of staggers the mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The ZehnKatzen Times] Reference

Version 'erreth,' is literally 'staggers' or 'reels,' and it is more graphic to keep that meaning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes] Reference

John Arthur lifts his head, then staggers to his feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference

It is known to the farmer as frenzy, mad staggers, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference

Just thinking about this topic staggers the imagination.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Margolis: China and India: A War of Giants] Reference

Eleanor's breast heaves, she staggers forward in a frenzy.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference

By much effort Pierre gets up and staggers to the transom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference

Eleanor staggers to the rails, and points towards the well.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference

The werewolf finishes his vodka and staggers to the bathroom.    From Wordnik.com.  [At the Bar] Reference

In such cases the hog staggers and falls when forced to walk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

I enjoys myself now, but I so old now I jes 'staggers over de place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference

He staggers to his feet, stumbles and topples backward over a cliff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steely Man] Reference

Pulling the drawstring tighter around his belly, he staggers to the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lover of Beautiful but Unstable Women] Reference

She staggers against the wall, extending her arms aloft with a wild gesture.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference

"What is the matter with that woman?" asks Major Short, as she staggers away.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference

In this way several horses may become affected with staggers at the same time.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Veterinarian] Reference

When the cramps get bad, she staggers into the ER too far gone to answer questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [BABY MOUSE] Reference

Matt staggers behind him with a lighter setting the tail of the black gown on fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [13 Halloweens] Reference

He scrambled from the table and pranced about the room like a horse with blind staggers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference

In case of simple loss of power, he staggers or falls only when moving, or trying to move.    From Wordnik.com.  [Papers on Health] Reference

Eleanor staggers on breathlessly up the hill, the boy seems to grow heavier at every step.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference

It challenges, staggers, calls a halt, compels men and women to think -- and even to pray.    From Wordnik.com.  [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference

The disease sets in suddenly; the animal trembles, staggers, falls and dies in a convulsion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

Unfortunately Lorle witnesses the scene; she staggers forward, charging her husband with treason.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference

Blinded for a moment, he staggers on at random, when suddenly he sees the floor is red with blood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

He staggers the last yard or two and falls into Joyce's arms, that are opened wide to receive him.    From Wordnik.com.  [April's Lady A Novel] Reference

Then he staggers forward into the first empty carriage, buries his face on the cushions, and sobs.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference

Dave Eggers UP - Hip novelist wins TED prize for education project, and his talk staggers audience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Day of the TED] Reference

At each touch, a body falls, "" slain in the Spirit, '' or staggers back as if in a drunken stupor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living In The Holy Spirit] Reference

Wait till the graduate staggers from the giddy hall, in full evening dress, singing as he staggers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference

Baryshnikov's next moment onstage is brief: he falters, he staggers as if strobe lights are pounding him and he flees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Those Oldies But Goodies] Reference

Thus considered, these same sense organs, simple as they seem to be, leap into importance that almost staggers one's thought.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Firing Line in Education] Reference

He is certainly a man of many attainments and of very considerable native faculty, but he staggers under the weight of his own excellences.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Contemporaries In Fiction] Reference