shambling
present participle ofshamble
shamble
verb[I+ adv/prep]
uk/ˈʃæm.bəl/us/ˈʃæm.bəl/towalkslowlyandawkwardly, withoutliftingyourfeetcorrectly:
Sickpatientsshambled along thehospitalcorridors.
He was astrange, shamblingfigure.
Synonym
shuffle
Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
- blunder
- bumble
- dodder
- dodderer
- doddery
- have two left feetidiom
- hobble
- limp
- lollop
- lumber
- lurch
- reel
- shuffle
- squeeze
- stumble
- toddle
- toil
- totter
- tottering
- trip(someone)up
Examplesofshambling
shambling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Was ever such shuffling andshamblingmachinery devised?
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This problem follows us like some greatshamblingcreature of evil which we do not seem able to get rid of.
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We had ashambling, fumbling, largely irrelevant and, at one point, degrading speech.
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Indeed, it is being propounded by the same people who made a mess of the programme that is stillshamblingalong.
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Today, we have heard no more and no less than ashamblingrant.
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This character is an isolated survivor of an infection which has turned the world's population into aggressive,shamblingmutants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another reviewer described them as ashamblingwreck of a psychedelic post-punk band.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They walk in a slow,shamblingmotion, with their feet being set down in a noisy, flapping motion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, their shows were received positively by critics, who described the band's onstage presence as an aural and visual onslaught of vicious,shamblingnoise.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Keen to distance themselves from theshamblingscene, the band earned a reputation for haughtiness.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She catches sight of a shadowy figureshamblingtoward the lodge!
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One night he hears ashamblingon his porch.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Better still, he had become a sorcerer of phenomenal power, while his brother was now but ashamblingautomaton.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bradburn notes that the girl's instincts were on target as the printed interview with the doggy pickanins of the movies was ashamblingsometimes condescending affair.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In consequence of a somewhatshambling, awkward gait, and the habit of carrying his head down in a thoughtful attitude, he seemed less of stature than he really was.
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- patriotic duty
- patriotic sentiment
- patriotic song
- patriotic spirit
- patriotic theme
- patriotism
- patrol
- patrol boat
- patrol-boat
- patrol car
- patrol-car
- patrol craft
- patrol craft
- patrol leader
- patrol leader
- patrolled
- patrolling
- patrolman
- patrol officer
- patrol-officer
- patrol plane
- patrol ship
- patrol ship
- patrol vessel
- patrol vessel