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as in shuffled
to walk while favoring one leg
she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler
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as in stumbled
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
the damaged boat limped back into port
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as in dragged
to move slowly
we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time
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Recent Examples of limped
In the third quarter, FIU center Julius Pierce limped off the field with a leg injury.
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
After being an integral part of the team that beat reigning champion Denver in the conference semifinals before falling to Dallas, Conley limped into the offseason.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Joe Alt, their best, limped off early with an injury left the field on a cart.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Alt limped to the sideline in obvious pain.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
Following a play where he was shown suffering a non-contact injury, the star receiver limped to the locker room.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Loons forward Kelvin Yeboah suffered a leg injury and limped off the field in the 29th minute.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
South Africa Takes Control Early Nigeria were dealt an early blow when full-back Ola Aina limped off just seven minutes into the contest, forcing head coach Éric Chelle into an unplanned change.
—Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Engram reached for his ankle after the play and limped off the field.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
After being an integral part of the team that beat reigning champion Denver in the conference semifinals before falling to Dallas, Conley limped into the offseason.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Joe Alt, their best, limped off early with an injury left the field on a cart.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Alt limped to the sideline in obvious pain.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
Following a play where he was shown suffering a non-contact injury, the star receiver limped to the locker room.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Loons forward Kelvin Yeboah suffered a leg injury and limped off the field in the 29th minute.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
South Africa Takes Control Early Nigeria were dealt an early blow when full-back Ola Aina limped off just seven minutes into the contest, forcing head coach Éric Chelle into an unplanned change.
—Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Engram reached for his ankle after the play and limped off the field.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limped
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And then, after Nakashima sent a first serve back into the middle with good depth, slightly tucking the Spaniard up, Alcaraz shuffled backward and detonated an inside-in forehand to win the match.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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But what that led to, advocates and attorneys say, is that children in the state’s care continued to be in night to night placements and shuffled from home to home.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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Except, of course, for that old dinosaur that somehow stumbled into a misplaced DeLorean, fired up the flux capacitor, and time travelled from the stone ages straight to the Uli beach.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Determined to keep searching, Hollie eventually stumbled on a TLC episode featuring a boy named Gio, who also had Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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As the weeks dragged on, agencies including the IRS and State Department called more workers back to keep things running.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
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One letter submitted late Wednesday was from Gina Huynh, the Combs ex-girlfriend who previously told gossip vlogger Tasha K that Combs shoved her to the ground and dragged her by her hair in 2018.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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The three appeared hobbled and strained at times.—
Brad Lefton,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The performers are admirably committed, with Bons (who looks rather like adolescent Reese Witherspoon) credible as a sort of media test-tube baby — perfectly formed on the outside, her internal development hobbled from lack of healthy exposure to average people’s reality.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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Both teams are currently ranked in the top 10, and as is well-documented, Franklin has struggled in such games.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The food bank has struggled to keep up with demand following the cuts and a decrease in private donations.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
3 Oct. 2025
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After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by pretty much everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack crawled back to Bliss.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Just as Ted Lasso began life as a promo for NBC’s English Premier League coverage, Chad Powers crawled out of a gag on Eli’s Places, Eli Manning’s post-retirement ESPN+ program, in which the former Giants quarterback hides under prosthetics to pose as an aspiring Penn State walk-on.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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The government shutdown that began this week furloughed thousands of federal workers, froze essential government functions across the nation — and also halted an essential part of Florida’s booming real estate market.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Medicare and Medicaid benefits also will still be paid, but many other aspects of the federal government have halted during the shutdown.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Hair disheveled, a dazed and bewildered look in his eyes, the coach trudged into his own dressing room to regroup and get a rundown of a growing list of injuries.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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But for the first time this year — as was determined before the Carolina Panthers trudged off the field 1-3 wearing their 42-13 loss to the New England Patriots — turnover-free football wasn’t enough.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Limped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limped. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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