How do you use Tottering in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like unsteady or unstable, plus the exact meaning.
Tottering meaning
present participle and gerund of totter
Using Tottering
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of totter
- Useful related words include: tottery, unsteady, unstable.
- In the example corpus, tottering often appears in combinations such as: was tottering, tottering at, were tottering.
Context around Tottering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tottering
- In this selection, "tottering" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, teeter, women, across, empire and hand stand out and add context to how "tottering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include afghanistan were tottering at 98 and been teeter tottering between the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tottering" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tottering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Everybody was looking down and tottering. (6 words)
With De Kock back in the hut, Lucknow were still tottering at 143/4. (14 words)
The taxpayers are footing the bill in a city whose finances often were tottering. (14 words)
It’s hard to remember that only a few years ago, Moscow’s sole ally in the region — Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime — was tottering; it looked like Moscow was about to get pushed out of the region altogether. (40 words)
In a week devoted to these sometimes austere, time-hallowed spaces, I summoned the spirit of the tumultuous period when an emerging faith was fused onto a tottering empire — sparing some time to enjoy neighboring sites and restaurants. (38 words)
Iftikhar Durrani, the Prime Minister’s Assistant for Information, said the government had ingrained a tottering economy with heavy foreign loans and a balance of payment crisis, which compelled it to increase gas, petroleum and power tariffs. (37 words)
Consider the armies of young women tottering around the club area of any American city in camisoles and stilettos every weekend night of the year, even in the dead of winter (aren’t they freezing? (35 words)
Example sentences (17)
After Campbell took off his mask to show himself for the first time, McCall leapt out of her seat on the panel of judges and began screaming, before tottering across the stage to embrace her friend.
In a week devoted to these sometimes austere, time-hallowed spaces, I summoned the spirit of the tumultuous period when an emerging faith was fused onto a tottering empire — sparing some time to enjoy neighboring sites and restaurants.
Roberts, who voted twice for Trump, said she was relieved and excited by the endorsement because she'd been “teeter-tottering” between the two candidates.
With De Kock back in the hut, Lucknow were still tottering at 143/4.
Consider the armies of young women tottering around the club area of any American city in camisoles and stilettos every weekend night of the year, even in the dead of winter (aren’t they freezing?
Tottering hand in hand into the villa with their platinum blonde locks, mahogany tans, false lashes and nails, 20-year-old twins Eve and Jessica Gale looked like a pair of identical plastic, Playboy Bunny Girls.
A glamorous saleswoman caught drink-driving in her Ford Mustang blamed the fact she was tottering outside her sports car - on wearing beach sliders.
Iftikhar Durrani, the Prime Minister’s Assistant for Information, said the government had ingrained a tottering economy with heavy foreign loans and a balance of payment crisis, which compelled it to increase gas, petroleum and power tariffs.
It’s hard to remember that only a few years ago, Moscow’s sole ally in the region — Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime — was tottering; it looked like Moscow was about to get pushed out of the region altogether.
The burly all-rounder had claimed six wickets towards the end of the second session and Afghanistan were tottering at 98 for six.
And last, but most significantly, if the tottering-on-the-brink Khans & Co want to continue to have skin in the game, they will have to shed theirs.
In fact, if we will face the stark reality, the Nigerian national project is tottering terribly on the edge of the abyss.
The authorities want everyone out of the area because they are worried about its safety; The Museum project would require stabilizing dozens of tottering ruins.
The taxpayers are footing the bill in a city whose finances often were tottering.
Everybody was looking down and tottering.
Hofman, p.4; Richter, p.33 He was at the time the lover of Maja Kruscek, who was a student of Rudolf Laban ; in Richter's account, their relationship was always tottering.
The power of the Bonaparte family was tottering to its fall; and Paisiello's fortunes fell with it.
Common combinations with tottering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was tottering 3×
- tottering at 2×
- were tottering 2×