waddle
verb (used without object)
to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
had waddled
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past perfectof waddle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Martin's other daughter, Kelly Fretwell, said her mother had "waddled" when she walked, had a limp, arthritis and had undergone two hip replacements.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
In his pressed black-and-whites he reminded me of the Magellanic penguins that had waddled up to us on the beaches of the Tuckers Islets a few days earlier.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2016
Hippo In St. John's, South Africa, Hubert, a hippopotamus who had waddled 1,000 miles from Zululand, irritated a town councilor by following him into the town hall.
From Time Magazine Archive
One, a pompous little Pekingese, which had waddled ashore only the day before, had scarcely lost his sea legs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Seven opossums, four raccoons, five owls, and six skunks had waddled, scooted, dashed, and fluttered from their various homes, just to see me off.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
