doddering
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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
With characteristic savagery, Wolff portrayed Murdoch as a doddering nonagenarian unable to parse the changes in the cable business and unwilling to accept that American conservatism’s center of gravity had shifted away from him.
From Slate ● May 15, 2024
Whereas he once presented himself as a vain peacock, Clay here comes off as spacey and a bit doddering, swaddled in scarves and wide sunglasses and outfits Susie Essman might wear on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 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
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
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