totter
verb (used without object)
to walk or go with faltering, unsteady steps.
are tottering
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present progressiveof totter.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Do you have any doubt that states that are tottering on the edge of insolvency and municipalities which may be in even worse position have a strong incentive to grab everything they possibly can?”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2018
In Spain and Italy, interest rates are rising and the governments are tottering toward a possible debt trap.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2011
The votes have been cast, and the judges are tottering, high-heeled, towards the closing night ceremony.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2010
Banks are tottering and closing, and the Moscow stock market has all but evaporated.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amidst destitution and want, they are tottering on the verge of the grave.
From American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States by Ebenezer Davies
