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

The great red standard had tottered and fallen.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

As Miss Gore had said, my dream castle was tottering—it had tottered and was falling.

From Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment by Gibbs, George