shuffling
Americanadjective
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moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
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prevaricating; evasive.
Other Word Forms
- shufflingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of shuffling
Example Sentences
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“Keep an eye on my stuff. Ravens love beads,” she said darkly, casting a wary eye toward the tree line before hiking up her shorts and shuffling to the pickup window.
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Her hand leaves the back of the couch and grabs the counter for support before her shuffling feet follow.
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A shuffling and scuffling came from deep in the garbage mound; then Nine and Little Two came tumbling out, one after the other.
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He had reached the bottom of the page when we heard Christoffels’ shuffling steps on the stairs.
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By first light there was the shuffling of feet to be heard, and creaking cartwheels and occasionally a neighing horse.
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