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Recent Examples of doddery
Service was slow: all the waiters were doddery old men brought out of retirement.
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Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doddery
Adjective
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A week before the debate, NBC News fretted about whether the fact-checkers would be able to stay on top of all the viral videos purporting to show a doddering Biden.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2025
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Even that sounds dismissive like Flynn is some doddering old man.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Griff's was a cozy space inside with a small, rickety wooden patio in the front and a larger one in the back.—
Brianna Griff,
Chron,
13 Jan. 2023
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Instead of rickety outdoor patios with plastic partitions, diners mostly ate in dining rooms.—
Nick Kindelsperger,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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No longer the beloved Renaissance prince of his youth, Henry was, by his mid-40s, an increasingly infirm and mercurial monarch who had few qualms about sending his closest companions—among them the aforementioned Thomas More—to the executioner’s block.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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They’re designed for Americans that are struggling, that are below the poverty line, or that are infirm, that can’t work and afford health care.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Doddery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doddery. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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