Tottered is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tottered meaning
simple past and past participle of totter
Using Tottered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of totter
Context around Tottered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tottered
- In this selection, "tottered" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, government, empire and towards stand out and add context to how "tottered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include beleaguered government tottered towards collapse and seemed she tottered there on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tottered" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tottered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Having been refused the right to sell another round of bonds to unsuspecting investors, the shaky empire tottered. (18 words)
For the fraction of a second it seemed she tottered there, on her knees, gazing directly at those who had taken her life. (23 words)
Roaring with glee as ministers resigned in the ensuing ‘cash for questions’ scandal, Mr Al Fayed played to the gallery as a powerbroker, while the beleaguered government tottered towards collapse. (30 words)
Roaring with glee as ministers resigned in the ensuing ‘cash for questions’ scandal, Mr Al Fayed played to the gallery as a powerbroker, while the beleaguered government tottered towards collapse. (30 words)
For the fraction of a second it seemed she tottered there, on her knees, gazing directly at those who had taken her life. (23 words)
Having been refused the right to sell another round of bonds to unsuspecting investors, the shaky empire tottered. (18 words)
Example sentences (3)
Roaring with glee as ministers resigned in the ensuing ‘cash for questions’ scandal, Mr Al Fayed played to the gallery as a powerbroker, while the beleaguered government tottered towards collapse.
For the fraction of a second it seemed she tottered there, on her knees, gazing directly at those who had taken her life.
Having been refused the right to sell another round of bonds to unsuspecting investors, the shaky empire tottered.