Example Sentences
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Still, the KGB was watching, and Miller, shambling, bitter and broke, made a tempting target.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
They also represent a change in the way that Gimple, the franchise's chief content officer, envisions "The Walking Dead" shambling forward.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2024
The post, from someone claiming to work at Boeing, described the production of Boeing's 737 planes as "a rambling, shambling, disaster waiting to happen".
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
This was the shambling, full system malfunction of a body and brain that could no longer outrun its own basic need for rest.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2023
He caught the lantern and ran outside into the gale, and he saw Gabilan weakly shambling away into the darkness, head down, legs working slowly and mechanically.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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