dodder
verb (used without object)
to shake; tremble; totter.
had been doddering
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past perfect progressiveof dodder.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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She had been doddering, and his own act had thrust her into the arms of that old thoroughbred.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by Harold MacGrath
