shuffle
verb (used without object)
to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
shuffled
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past participleof shuffle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof shuffle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
shuffleverb (used without object)to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
Example Sentences
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Jason Beaman, a Navy and Army vet, was shuffled among therapists who later left until he finally had enough.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The company has also shuffled its lower ranks over that time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
Coming out of the break, the Dodgers shuffled their rotation to have Roki Sasaki, Emmet Sheehan and Yoshinobu Yamamoto face the Yankees in that order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
One former No 10 staffer recalls arriving early in the morning, being "shuffled through weird corridors, taken into a room, choosing logins and signing our lives away".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
They hunched into the powerful wind and shuffled forward.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
