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Example sentences for "shambled"

Lexicographically close words:
shaman; shamanistic; shamans; shamba; shamble; shambles; shambling; shame; shamed; shamefaced
  1. The latter rose from her chair, which had been tilted back against the wall, and with clattering heels, shambled into the room on the right.

  2. She brought it in, stood it on a box filled with cotton-seed and ears of corn, and shambled out.

  3. She gave him something, and when he had shambled on she stood still a moment here at the corner of the street, with her eyes upon the beautiful rosy west.

  4. An old negro shambled one morning into the lines.

  5. Uncle Algernon shambled in to see his nephew before the supper was finished, and his more genial presence brought out a little of the plot.

  6. At these words heavy Benson instantly found his legs, and shambled on.

  7. As the shadows grew longer, the boat more indistinct, a rustling was heard in the brush away to the west, up the rivulet, and then a heavy figure shambled into view.

  8. Captain Joe arose to follow Clay and Teddy shambled up to the officer and tried to climb up the official stripe on the seam of his trousers.

  9. He made a revoltingly inhuman sound as he shambled away, a kind of throaty yelp.

  10. He got up and shambled on his cane close to the table, leaning against it, thrusting his peering eyes down.

  11. Honeycutt hastily set his gun down, leaning it against the wall with both hammers still back, and shambled to the table.

  12. In sudden alarm the old man shambled back to his bunk, his hands on the bedding over the box.

  13. The lock of the door clicked and Grell shambled out.

  14. The other men could not get the hang of him, and when he rose presently and shambled away into the fort buildings, Ewins, who was expecting every minute to be called by Sinclair, was not sorry.

  15. Lieutenant Parkson was in the act of locking the bag when "Crumbs" shambled into the little room with an apology.

  16. At the end of ten minutes, satisfied that no one had any concern in his immediate movements, he shambled on again down the Bowery.

  17. At the noon hour Mrs. Farley came downstairs and shambled about the house, forcing herself on Alice's sight but refusing to speak.

  18. And muttering to himself, the miserable man shambled away, to repeat the same hopes and expostulations to the next one he found.

  19. Thus encouraged, Phil shambled across the room and put his hand on the shoulder of the girl.

  20. Mulling these details over in his head he shambled along automatically until suddenly he found himself standing in Forty-second Street.

  21. As he shambled across to the opposite sidewalk he shoved his hand up under his hat, which was too large for him, and scratched his head in a new perplexity.

  22. After a time, he reappeared, limping ragged and foot-sore over the marshes to his mother's hut, looking over his shoulder as he shambled along.

  23. The idiot shambled up to the table, and sat down beside her unasked, but unrebuked; and Meg could not repress a shudder of disgust.

  24. Billy shambled off in high spirits; but Eric sank back into his chair.

  25. The awkward, big, ungainly boy, with his repulsive countenance, shambled out of his place into the middle of the room.

  26. Miss Hobson was looking her most regal in old gold and black, and a sorrowful gulp escaped the stricken Mr. Cracknell as he shambled beneath her eye.

  27. Even Elizabeth shambled forward to take her share of hazard, and Joan found herself alone.

  28. Then tiredness came on her, and she shambled forward at haphazard.

  29. The Chief had put the emblem and the knife into his pocket; the drumming had stopped; Gallegher shambled doggedly back to his place in the line, beside Blackie and the other boys of Tent Four.

  30. When the door was flung open, two cowed and shaken vagabonds shambled out to face the weapons of Wally and the officers.

  31. And with that he swung the empty sacks across his back again and shambled away into the growing darkness.

  32. He turned away with a bitter cry, and shambled off into the forest.

  33. Denzil Cantercot shambled home thoughtfully, and abstractedly took his place at the Crowl dinner-table.

  34. He shook his hair sadly and shambled out of the shop.

  35. Then he yawned, stretched out his stiff, twisted limbs with a sort of muffled groan, rested his weight upon one elbow, and shambled up as awkwardly as a camel.

  36. The deputy warden hooked his cane over his arm and shambled out.

  37. The crowd made way, and the tall, lank form of the deputy warden shambled into the court-room.

  38. Why, he could not tell, but this was the effect of the figure that shambled down the corridor.

  39. Then Jimmy Ball had come in, peered an instant, without a word, then shambled away, his stick hooked over his arm.

  40. He attempted to climb a palm tree, changed his mind, and shambled on, carrying the now pensive Erika.

  41. And with that, he shambled forward, seized the horrified girl in his arms, and bit her on the ear.

  42. And when at last he shambled out, looking never the least bit anxious, never the least bit miserable and full of fear, Inger was all but vanished already through the fringe of the forest.

  43. Isak was astonished in his turn at all this wealth of goods, but being a silent man and slow to speak, he said nothing, only shambled out to the door-slab and looked at the weather, and shambled in again.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shambled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.