lumbered
Example Sentences
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The truck lumbered through the forest in the setting sun, stopping at a grove of bigcone Douglas-fir trees, where West and a colleague unloaded the cage, lifted the door and waited as Orange peeked outside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
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
Swede Anton Deibe, 17, a passenger, described the chaos after impact as the Airbus A350 lumbered to a halt on the runway.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024
She kept her distance when Cain lumbered toward the water jug on the table by the far wall, watching his every movement.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
