Tottered

Examples

• For the first time in her life, the strong woman tottered. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Five Popes tottered to the Lateran to die within the space of ten years. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He shuddered and tottered to his feet. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Her eyes glazed--she tottered--I thought that she would faint. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• An old gray-headed man tottered forward to slake his burning thirst. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I tottered, and on regaining my equilibrium retired back a step or two from his chair. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She stood up,--she tottered. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Prince John turned pale, tottered, and caught at the back of an oaken bench to support himself--much like to a man who receives an arrow in his bosom. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It caught in the window, the tower tottered, leaned forward, fell with a crash, and buried the unhappy lovers in the ruins. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Having unloosened the cravat of the man who still remained extended on the ground, she tottered towards the undertaker. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• But not again did he return with a stout man and wife; for this time, he led in two palsied women, who shook and tottered as they walked. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• So Jos tottered into that apartment where Regulus still sate on the kitchen table, and clung fast to his flagon of beer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He looked wistfully at Margaret; and, when released, he tottered towards her, murmuring, 'Pray for me, Margaret. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

Editor: Rebekah