lumbered
Example Sentences
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As a large turtle lumbered across the island's sands on Wednesday, tourism operator Famau said his sector supports 90 percent of the island.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
From it emerged a 64-year-old dairyman, burly and tan, who left the engine running as he lumbered toward me with open arms.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
“He just got out and lumbered away real slowly,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The truck lumbered through the forest in the setting sun, stopping at a grove of bigcone Douglas-fir trees, where West and a colleague unloaded the cage, lifted the door and waited as Orange peeked outside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
He lumbered to the bedside and propped up Percy with one hand.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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