doddering

Example Sentences

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The interview is utterly anodyne, a doddering exchange of pleasantries and carefully selected humanizing anecdotes.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

Phil Hartman as both the doddering old man and the mastermind of the Iran-Contra plan is perfect.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

Some aides, according to Axios, wish Mr. Biden would more often show this side of him to counter concerns that the 80-year-old is too doddering for office amid frequent oral gaffes.

From Washington Times • Jul. 11, 2023

Let Silicon Valley chase a sleek future of frictionless rectangles and orbs: Brian’s creation, Charles, is a towering, homemade shambles with gray hair and a doddering shuffle that gives the impression of a retired sheepherder.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022

On May 17, it had taken him a doddering 1:49 to negotiate a mile, a time even slower than Seabiscuit’s.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand