lumbered
Example Sentences
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A video on social media that was verified by the Journal showed the C-130 refueling two helicopters at the same time, like a parent holding their children’s hands as they lumbered across the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Once inside, trucks lumbered up a long, curving road into the hills.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2025
His advisers stepped aside, and he lumbered to the middle of the hall to face the cameras arranged there.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
Metro buses threw bow waves of puddles as they lumbered down city streets.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2023
Colonel Cathcart was a slick, successful, slipshod, unhappy man of thirty-six who lumbered when he walked and wanted to be a general.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
