wobble
verb (used without object)
to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
had wobbled
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past perfectof wobble.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Her gritty half-century laid the foundation for a competitive total after the Kiwis had wobbled to 38-3.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
Sinner had wobbled against American Mackenzie McDonald in the first round on Tuesday, losing the first set before rallying to triumph 2-6 6-2 6-1 6-2 at Flushing Meadows.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024
The defending champions had wobbled back into January.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2022
But he noted that permits for its demolition and development had been issued in the past and that he was frustrated that officials had wobbled more recently.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2017
Old Shuffler, too, wobbled on, as he had wobbled on as far back as I could recollect, Min told me; and rolled his sound eye, and stared with his glass one, as glassily as then.
From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
