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And clustered close drew the three comrades, with Death at their elbows, and as the oldest rose totteringly he spoke in a voice audible only for a few feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

The form of this general outline stalks totteringly on stilts of fancy, and sprawls headlong with a logical crash at the first critical probe.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

How she would teach me—me, the Red Axe of Thorn—how to dance that first night, and how totteringly she carried the Red Axe?

From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

He said no more, but leaned totteringly on Eliza's shoulder, and sank senseless to the ground.

From Andreas Hofer by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

It gets up on its hind-legs and runs totteringly for a few feet, just like a baby learning to walk.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur