totter
verb (used without object)
to walk or go with faltering, unsteady steps.
has been tottering
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present perfect progressiveof totter (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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A post in the railings, that for three weeks previously has been tottering to its fall, has been securely propped, and now stands firm and uncompromising as its fellows.
From Molly Bawn by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
