walk unsteadily

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That means the tracks have told him that, a day before, the missing pilot was beginning to walk unsteadily or, worst sign of all, broke into a staggering run for a few steps.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hartford's men, who had been at work during the matinee, were left to stand silently in the bleak corridors, or to walk unsteadily beside the cots at the morgue.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rose and held the door open for Mr. Dalton and watched him walk unsteadily down the dim hallway with Mrs. Dalton in his arms.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Halt, hawlt, n. a halting or limping.—adj. lame, crippled, limping.—v.i. to be lame, to limp: to walk unsteadily: to vacillate: to proceed lamely or imperfectly, to be at fault, as in logic, rhythm, &c.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Ephraim saw the British officer appear in the hall and walk unsteadily down the steps as though he were coming down the path, but he dared not open his lips.

From Erskine Dale?Pioneer by Fox, John