doddering
Example Sentences
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The interview is utterly anodyne, a doddering exchange of pleasantries and carefully selected humanizing anecdotes.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025
Offstage, he was a doddering, stammering dad shuffling around rooms bustling with yapping tiny dogs urinating everywhere.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2025
Phil Hartman as both the doddering old man and the mastermind of the Iran-Contra plan is perfect.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024
Whereas he once presented himself as a vain peacock, Clay here comes off as spacey and a bit doddering, swaddled in scarves and wide sunglasses and outfits Susie Essman might wear on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
She wanted to explain how right everything felt in a place where she was surrounded by mischievous children, overbearing cousins, and doddering elders who were all a part of her.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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