- present participle of totter.
tottering
Example Sentences
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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 beauty, the lusciousness, the humor and playfulness, the nuance are all here ... the movement of the heron in flight, of fish in the water, the tottering old aunties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
Ralph stood now, one hand against an enormous red block, a block large as a mill wheel that had been split off and hung, tottering.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
