Example Sentences

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Still, the KGB was watching, and Miller, shambling, bitter and broke, made a tempting target.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

They’re an exuberant bunch, especially Chase Culp’s shambling clown.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

She seemed to be everything that I, a shambling, spit up-stained wreck, was not.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

They also represent a change in the way that Gimple, the franchise's chief content officer, envisions "The Walking Dead" shambling forward.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2024

“Hush, Benjy,” Luster said, but Ben went on at his shambling trot, clinging to the fence, wailing in his hoarse, hopeless voice.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner