as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room
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Recent Examples of shamble
The manor’s ghouls and shambling zombies don’t feel any less threatening when contained within the tiny square portraits of a card.
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The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The left horse just wanted to shamble along, while the right horse pulled with frantic jerks.
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
One nickname — Zombie tranq — reflects shambling from deep sedation.
—Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
The cultural preoccupation with zombies shambles on in The Last of Us and other movies and video games.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
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The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The left horse just wanted to shamble along, while the right horse pulled with frantic jerks.
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
One nickname — Zombie tranq — reflects shambling from deep sedation.
—Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025
The cultural preoccupation with zombies shambles on in The Last of Us and other movies and video games.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shamble
Verb
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Young Hamnet’s shuffling off this mortal coil once laid the groundwork for a masterpiece.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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Shelters that shuffle people in and out overnight don’t solve anything.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Closer Bryan Abreu stumbled but has earned the benefit of the doubt with the dominance he’s displayed.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Exposure to harmful content is another risk as studies show that teens are more likely than adults to stumble upon self-harm imagery or extremist propaganda.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Many in Hollywood were dubious as to whether Universal and Amblin could reboot the Jurassic franchise for a third time, and birth a new trilogy more than three decades after Steven Spielberg’s dinos first stomped onto the big screen in 1993’s Jurassic Park.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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People expecting a state championship rematch between Benet and Marist in the Crimson Classic finals had those plans stomped upon Saturday when Lockport ended up surprising the Redwings 29-27, 18-25, 15-10 in the semifinals.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Shamble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamble. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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