waddle
verb (used without object)
to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
was waddling
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past progressiveof waddle.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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During a high-speed chase, a Portland police officer stopped his car to help a duck that was waddling in the street, and there’s video to prove it.
From Time ● May 16, 2013
Now he was waddling around in the little house like a sitting duck.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
The other one was waddling around and whimpering.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Then the man slipped back into the darkness, watching Ignatius, who was waddling back and forth before the building furiously.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Meanwhile, Miss Peregrine slipped quietly from Bronwyn’s coat and hopped over to the pigeon, who was waddling around at the end of its lead, pecking at the ground.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
