shambling

Example Sentences

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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

Eager to play live concerts since the waning days of the Beatles, McCartney conceived Wings as a back-to-basics rock ‘n’ roll band, debuting the group on 1971’s modest, shambling “Wild Life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

This was the shambling, full system malfunction of a body and brain that could no longer outrun its own basic need for rest.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2023

James' chubby face was set and unsmiling as Major continued his imitation, scratching his nose, pouting his lips, and shambling loosely like a puppet at the end of jerking strings.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte