shambling

Example Sentences

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They’re an exuberant bunch, especially Chase Culp’s shambling clown.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

She seemed to be everything that I, a shambling, spit up-stained wreck, was not.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 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

A shambling, melancholic truth-teller, with a talent for riling up censors, Levant said things that weren’t supposed to be spoken aloud on national TV.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Indeed, it has been over a month since he has had to curl up against the wall in his study and pray that he does not see ghosts shambling through the walls.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr