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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
shamble .
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Examples
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A leathery and tanned creature, an elderly lemkin shambled between lines of his brethren, leaning upon a stick.
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The boy looked at Skinner in surprise, then without a word shambled into the inside office.
Skinner's Dress Suit Henry Irving Dodge 1906
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Sophie shambled in, setting a plastic bowl and a glass of water on the nightstand.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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They clambered up the gunwales and vaulted over the rails and shambled across the decks—only to drop into a clever set of trapdoors.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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“All in good time,” Sangjo replied, “but first—” He gestured into the next cell, in which twenty or thirty rotting bodies shambled around in the darkness.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Six men shambled out, looking confused and bewildered.
A Simple Case 2010
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His brother meanwhile shambled backward, eyes crossed and hands flailing for balance.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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He shambled to his feet with a series of clumsy jerks, trying to maintain his balance.
Dharma and Bert marshallpayne1 2009
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“All in good time,” Sangjo replied, “but first—” He gestured into the next cell, in which twenty or thirty rotting bodies shambled around in the darkness.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Six men shambled out, looking confused and bewildered.
A Simple Case 2010
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