waddle

Hundreds of thousands of tourists a year flock to viewing areas and boardwalks to watch the diminutive sea birds waddle ashore and along the beach in the evenings on the eastern coast's Phillip Island.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

It couldn’t waddle or sway without components from Chinese robot maker Unitree that power the motion of its neck and legs, according to a research paper by Disney.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Huntington Beach junior lifeguards volunteered at the event, according to a news release from the center, unzipping the cages on the beach to allow the birds to waddle out to shore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025

That part of the leg, they say, is where fibular reduction among some dinosaurs tens of millions of years ago helped make it possible for peacocks to strut, penguins to waddle, and turkeys to trot.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

“Your clincher clue was waddle? That seems to work,” Wilder responded.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

The contest says it promotes the adoption of dogs, even ones that might have “missing fur, crossed eyes, duck waddles or mismatched ears.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2022

When E.T. waddles into the kids’ lives, his supernatural abilities are like an extension of their vivid imaginations.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022

This one lumbers and waddles after supplementing nature’s bounty this fall by helping himself to seeds that fall to the ground from bird feeders.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2021

Throughout the number, the canned plant waddles like a curious infant learning her own body.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2019

The receptionist waddles to the back in her tented dress.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Play, a four-year-old French bulldog, waddled down the street in Noho.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

A flock of brown pelicans waddled back into the wild on Wednesday morning, survivors of Southern California’s latest toxic algal bloom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025

Her caption in the now-deleted post read: "My dream of holding a wombat has been realised! Baby and mom slowly waddled back off together into the bush."

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025

A fuzzy, freckled gull chick emerged from a bayberry bush, stared curiously at me as if it had spotted a Martian, and then waddled back to its hiding place.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

An eleven-year-old boy who was decidedly large and round stood up and waddled briskly forward.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

It consists not only of college students booing AI and waddling seniors raging on Facebook against data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

"He's waddling around the field like a grandad, that's why Portugal are out," the former England striker said.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

When some think of the late Queen Elizabeth, her waddling corgis come to mind.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024

Mr. Hart said after a heartfelt tribute from his friend the comedian Dave Chappelle, before waddling offstage at the John Kennedy F. Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

Aunt Sponge, fat and pulpy as a jellyfish, came waddling up behind her sister to see what was going on.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl