totter
Example Sentences
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Dotting the shoreline is a bleak expanse of detritus: timeworn pumps, tottering derricks, wayward cranes and aging pipelines.
From Los Angeles Times
He tottered back the way they had come.
From Literature
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He sees the milk carton tottering, and tries to reach it, but his fingers graze the side.
From Literature
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She tottered just a bit, momentarily losing her balance, but she refused my help.
From Literature
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Now, as they tottered back to the Grand Dame under the weight of several heavy bags of loaves and pletzels, an unusual silence fell.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.