lumbered
Example Sentences
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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
State biologists set up a trap and the bear soon lumbered into it.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
As the hulking offensive lineman lumbered on to a chair, one of his compatriots draped an Australian flag around his shoulders.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025
His advisers stepped aside, and he lumbered to the middle of the hall to face the cameras arranged there.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
Uncle Edisto patted me on the shoulder and lumbered off to his room.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
