tottering
IPA: tˈɑtɝɪŋ
noun
- The movement of one who totters.
adjective
- Unsteady, precarious or rickety.
- Unstable, insecure or wobbly.
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Examples of "tottering" in Sentences
- Karnataka and prop up the "tottering" Congress government in Andhra Pradesh.
- He turned to watch his sister, once again tottering toward the glimmering fake plants.
- He sez (at non-partisan NRO) that it will also allow the President to “salvage his tottering administration”.
- In the car afterwards Cronkite would predict the race a shoe-in for Carter and pick Bush over a "tottering" Reagan.
- Sometimes, driving along, he'll spot an unsuspecting cyclist tottering by on a vintage Schwinn and offer to buy it for $20 plus the shiny Chinese-built " Wal-Mart special" off the back of his truck.
- Her condition, which was not widely known during her husband's political career, was probably responsible for the catty rumors about Mamie being a "tottering" heavy drinker, Julie and David say in the interview.
- There were, in truth, moments when he felt in his turn an impulse, that was nearly resistless, to spring forward and awake the unconscious sleepers; but a glance at Ellen would serve to recall his tottering prudence, and to admonish him of the consequences.
- With an approval rating barring any spectacular uptick in the economy that is likely next year to still be razor thin between what's needed to eke out a victory or tottering perilously close to a defeat, he will have virtually no margin for error to ward off the distraction of a spirited challenge from inside the Democratic party.
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