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

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

In the taxonomy of horror, its undead are “fast zombies,” as opposed to the shambling hordes in old-time creature features.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

His skin was dead looking and hairless; dropsical too, he moved with a shambling gait like a trained bear.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner