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
"I won't wait another moment; I'll go straight down and get the key," she said, springing up after a bad quarter of an hour, wherein all her idols had tottered from their pedestals.
From Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge by Pemberton Ginther
By the time Miss Delmege, now wearing her mustard-coloured jersey over a thick stuff dress, had tottered downstairs, the room was indeed warm.
From The War-Workers by E.M. Delafield
