totter

If New York falls, the entire free world may again totter on its foundations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

Sun, moon, grizzly, black, spectacled, sloth: Bears all over the world can stand, shuffle, totter and walk on two legs, though they usually prefer four.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

Next we made a short descent to totter over tide pools, marveling at neon-green anemones, until a hefty spray of salty water showered us from the spouting horn of Thor’s Well.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021

I always said I didn’t have a wheel, I had a teeter totter, I had family and work.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2019

I seemed to totter on the edge of a great dark hole.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialised vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya's eastern Rift Valley.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

The tiger-skin-clad fellow at the center of “Mad Man” totters close to the ground, grasping the string of a skull-embellished balloon as if the orb will keep him upright — or sane.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

Ultimately it totters too far to one side, but there is still the primal nail-biting need to know what-the-hell-is-going-on.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2020

The stylist puts her in a pair of incredibly high rose-gold heels and she totters around delightedly: “I’m terrible in heels. I look like a little baby trying them on.”

From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2018

She totters over to the bed, touches the comb, then pulls it from Charlotte's hair and squeezes it.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Sri Lanka has been gradually easing import restrictions, which were imposed as the country's economy tottered from a financial crisis caused by a severe shortage of dollars.

From Reuters ● Aug. 15, 2023

The first nine weeks of this season tottered into parity.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2022

Lunch arrived soon afterwards with Balderson feasting on figures of 2-2-0-3, while Essex tottered on 34-4.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2022

He knocked once more, and an elderly woman in blue slippers and a long coat tottered out the gate, a floral bonnet over her silver hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2022

Slowly, the dog’s growls ceased — it tottered on its paws and fell to its knees, then it slumped to the ground, fast asleep.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

Television and social media were filled with scenes of toppled and damaged buildings, including entire apartment blocks that appeared to be tottering as desperate residents camped out on the streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

This is a comic epic of bursting balloons and black eyes, tipsy aunts and tottering uncles, an errant mouse and driving snows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

But just as the left-hander was getting going, Starc pounced again, trapping him lbw for 21 to leave England tottering on 33-2.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

The singer’s sweeping eyeliner, tottering heels and disheveled beehive are still instantly recognizable, 13 years after her death.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2024

The father groped his way tottering to his chair and let himself fall in it.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka