shuffling

Example Sentences

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He, fellow staff and scores of volunteers were shuffling between tasks like firing up stoves and spreading protective covers on a collection of smaller plants, like orchids.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

There was awkward shuffling as he mentioned his territorial ambitions for Canada and Greenland, and made an "offer you can't refuse" to those importing into his country.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Performers are dropping their masks, or at the very least shuffling them, to force us to think harder about what we’re all doing in the theater as the world around us burns.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

“Hamnet” works so tirelessly to affect its audience that it sacrifices a lethal amount of story and character depth, all in service of shuffling the viewer to its grand finale.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

She held her breath like she was underwater and not inside a magical bubble, shuffling through a cavern as dark as a midnight storm.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack