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Meanings of shambling in English

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Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet.

Usage of shambling in English
1
She and she alone could see any promise in the shambling youngster.
Bruce
2
My reputation is a great shambling pile of ruins to begin with.
Crown of Slaves
3
It made a hideous, mewling sound and took a shambling step forward.
Night Shift
4
At first Charley did not grasp the meaning of the shambling trail.
The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol / Or, The Story of ...
5
He came, white and shambling; we have nothing to fear from Henderson.
Judith of the Plains
6
The next day Jason ran upon Babe Honeycutt shambling up the creek.
The Heart of the Hills
7
Hans was not far off, shambling along in his own peculiar fashion.
The Rover Boys on the River; Or, The Search for the Missing Hous...
8
The man obeyed, shambling into the room with an air of bravado.
The Web of Life
9
A sand-encrusted human shambling nearby visited a half-mad harangue on the trooper.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
10
You had your shambling hordes, and I had my army of jinn.
Skin Trade
11
They're shambling towards her and the doors are closing behind the man.
Consequences
12
He reddened, and came forward with a slow and rather shambling gait.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I
13
Their features were indistinguishable, but their crouching, shambling gait was abominably repellent.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
14
People turned to look after him, so uncouth was his shambling figure.
Sister Carrie: A Novel
15
Behind him, the thing's temper broke through the shambling charade of normality.
The Shining
16
By sheer force of will, Romulus forced himself into a shambling trot.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
About this term
Shambling through the time
Shambling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common