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

The majority of Carvey's recent "Saturday Night Live" appearances showed off his doddering and bewildered take on Joe Biden.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2024

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

This is not stupid incompetence or doddering senility.

From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2021

One afternoon in early April, Smith and Howard discovered Grog, Seabiscuit’s old stable pal in the Fitzsimmons barn, doddering along in a claiming race at Tanforan.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand