tottering
walking unsteadily or shakily.
lacking security or stability; threatening to collapse; precarious: a tottering empire.
Origin of tottering
1Other words from tottering
- tot·ter·ing·ly, adverb
- un·tot·ter·ing, adjective
Words Nearby tottering
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How to use tottering in a sentence
He is vividly, fearfully aware of how much worse things might get than the rotten, tottering system he upholds.
Daenerys Goes to Washington: The Modern Politics of ‘Game of Thrones’ | Jedediah Purdy | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bankrupt ones are outlined in red, while the tottering ones have orange outlines.
Egypt is tottering between rule by Islamists and the military.
Leslie H. Gelb on a World in Crisis—and What Obama Should Do | Leslie H. Gelb | December 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTBags had grown to this enormous monstrosity, wildly unfunctional, akin to tottering around on seven-inch heels.
And in all the rest of the world, half a dozen old men, if so many, tottering toward their graves.
See the tottering baby cling to its mother for support; watch it run to her when it is frightened.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. ByrumHe held out his hand to shake hers, and just as she gave it to him, the old grandmother came tottering up to ask some question.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellI ran ahead of the tottering figure and she followed, her steps gathering strength.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellThe great body moved, gathered itself, stood tottering, gazing wildly about.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellDavid mounted with misgivings as to whether the tottering beast had strength to carry him, but they crossed the ford in safety.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. Thompson
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