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shambling

  • present participle
    of shamble.
    shamble
    noun
    shambles,
  • a word derived from shamble.
    shamble
    noun
    shambles,

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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

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

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024

And I'm shambling through my daily French lessons not because I have to, and not even because I hope they help my brain stay a little bit sharper.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2024

The post, from someone claiming to work at Boeing, described the production of Boeing's 737 planes as "a rambling, shambling, disaster waiting to happen".

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024

I think, when the wind shuffles them, they are shambling and beautiful as old people.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads