totter
verb (used without object)
to walk or go with faltering, unsteady steps.
tottered
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past participleof totter.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 totter.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
totterverb (used without object)to walk or go with faltering, unsteady steps.
Example Sentences
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Sri Lanka has been gradually easing import restrictions, which were imposed as the country's economy tottered from a financial crisis caused by a severe shortage of dollars.
From Reuters ● Aug. 15, 2023
Lunch arrived soon afterwards with Balderson feasting on figures of 2-2-0-3, while Essex tottered on 34-4.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2022
He knocked once more, and an elderly woman in blue slippers and a long coat tottered out the gate, a floral bonnet over her silver hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
I tottered up a narrow stairwell to the warmth and noise of the third-floor apartment.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2022
“Don’t look down,” advised Milo as the bug tottered upward on unsteady legs.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
