totter

If New York falls, the entire free world may again totter on its foundations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

Mr Mohamed, from Poole, was working as a "totter", sorting waste by hand at the yard in Mannings Heath Road, the court heard.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2022

Next we made a short descent to totter over tide pools, marveling at neon-green anemones, until a hefty spray of salty water showered us from the spouting horn of Thor’s Well.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021

We totter on high heels that make us weak and vulnerable.

From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2017

If only people would use it every day, he told us, Nigeria would not totter like a Big Man with the spindly legs of a child.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialised vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya's eastern Rift Valley.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

The tiger-skin-clad fellow at the center of “Mad Man” totters close to the ground, grasping the string of a skull-embellished balloon as if the orb will keep him upright — or sane.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

At this point, the film totters into a redemptive sentimentality that wouldn’t even play if it were made to seem more earned.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2017

On screen, she strives and totters and very often goes down.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2015

In front of him totters a German officer in field dress.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Sri Lanka has been gradually easing import restrictions, which were imposed as the country's economy tottered from a financial crisis caused by a severe shortage of dollars.

From Reuters ● Aug. 15, 2023

The first nine weeks of this season tottered into parity.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2022

Lunch arrived soon afterwards with Balderson feasting on figures of 2-2-0-3, while Essex tottered on 34-4.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2022

He knocked once more, and an elderly woman in blue slippers and a long coat tottered out the gate, a floral bonnet over her silver hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2022

An Yi’s grandmother was short and skinny, and she tottered on her bound feet.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

Television and social media were filled with scenes of toppled and damaged buildings, including entire apartment blocks that appeared to be tottering as desperate residents camped out on the streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

In a speech aimed at steadying his tottering premiership on Monday, Sir Keir said "incremental change won't cut it" as he promised to "face up to the big challenges" the country faced.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

This is a comic epic of bursting balloons and black eyes, tipsy aunts and tottering uncles, an errant mouse and driving snows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

But just as the left-hander was getting going, Starc pounced again, trapping him lbw for 21 to leave England tottering on 33-2.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

“Smooth,” said Ron approvingly as the waiters popped up on all sides, some bearing silver trays of pumpkin juice, butterbeer, and firewhisky, others tottering piles of tarts and sandwiches.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling