shambling

Example Sentences

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Sometimes that’s because the individual work is bland, while elsewhere its pertinence to the shambling theme is stretched to the breaking point.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

They also represent a change in the way that Gimple, the franchise's chief content officer, envisions "The Walking Dead" shambling forward.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2024

The post, from someone claiming to work at Boeing, described the production of Boeing's 737 planes as "a rambling, shambling, disaster waiting to happen".

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

This was the shambling, full system malfunction of a body and brain that could no longer outrun its own basic need for rest.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2023

A man stepped out of the shadows, heavyset, thick of neck, shambling.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin