shambling

Example Sentences

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Still, the KGB was watching, and Miller, shambling, bitter and broke, made a tempting target.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

And I'm shambling through my daily French lessons not because I have to, and not even because I hope they help my brain stay a little bit sharper.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2024

The post, from someone claiming to work at Boeing, described the production of Boeing's 737 planes as "a rambling, shambling, disaster waiting to happen".

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

In the taxonomy of horror, its undead are “fast zombies,” as opposed to the shambling hordes in old-time creature features.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

It was long after dark when we came shambling into a Karhidish village, one street between high-roofed dark houses, the snow packed and banked up to their winter-doors.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin