totter

Example Sentences

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If New York falls, the entire free world may again totter on its foundations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Mr Mohamed, from Poole, was working as a "totter", sorting waste by hand at the yard in Mannings Heath Road, the court heard.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

Still, over the years, he’s occasionally been accused by critics of making his models — particularly the women — suffer, binding their arms to their sides or having them totter down runways in inhumane shoes.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Next we made a short descent to totter over tide pools, marveling at neon-green anemones, until a hefty spray of salty water showered us from the spouting horn of Thor’s Well.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

The ringing comes harsh and loud, making me totter.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett