totter
verb (used without object)
to walk or go with faltering, unsteady steps.
had tottered
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past perfectof totter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The previous autumn, I had tottered around in it on a training course deep in the English countryside.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2014
Nine times in his eight months in office Premier Robert Schuman, the lean, leaning tower of French politics, had tottered on the brink of failure.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old woman had tottered out of the house, weeping and screaming.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
She had tottered across to her sitting-room and had spent the day there alone, writing a few letters, or sitting motionless in her chair for hours together.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Mrs. Humphry Ward
When the nurse turned again she observed that Madam Melcombe had tottered a step or two forward: her grand-daughter, and her grandson's widow were supporting her.
From Fated to Be Free by Jean Ingelow
