dodder
verb (used without object)
to shake; tremble; totter.
was doddering
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past progressiveof dodder.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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There it was, doddering about on a Bowery doorstep, looking all smug and content.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2012
Asked if Reagan was doddering in the debate, Coelho replied, "Well, he didn't quite drool."
From Time Magazine Archive
There too was doddering old Nestor, also wearing the blue, with binoculars around his neck.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact, while Galloway was doddering on and on with his fake moralities, Norman was thinking of his own affairs, was wondering at his indifference about Dorothy.
From The Grain of Dust by David Graham Phillips
One night while we were away that old numskull Thornbury was doddering about the passages very late.
From The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
