toddled

verb

past tense of toddle
as in lurched

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddled
  1. lurched
  2. stumbled
  3. tottered
  4. shook
  5. floundered
Verb
  • For example, New York endured weather whiplash on July 18 as the city lurched from a heat wave and smoke pollution from Canadian wildfires to flash flooding from slow-moving thunderstorms that dumped a few inches of rain in a short period of time.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • There are vivid characters—the rich, distinguished crook Brandon, the platinum-blond secretary Miss Vermilyea; Javonen, ex-military intelligence, and seedy private eye from Kansas, Noble, who might have lurched out of an early Graham Greene story.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Definition of lurched
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  • Fresh from lifting the FIFA Club World Cup and buoyed by optimism around Enzo Maresca’s project, the Blues stumbled to a disappointing 10th-place Premier League finish.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • The Curiosity rover stumbled on the polygon field while ascending the foothills of a three-mile-high mountain called Mount Sharp, where it’s been roaming since 2014.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026
Definition of stumbled
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  • Outside, a gull tottered to the window and tapped its beak against the glass.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • On the floor, waist-high piles of books tottered like miniature leaning towers of Pisa.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2025
Definition of tottered
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  • While warming up, the four 2,400-hp Pratt & Whitney engines rattled and shook the plane’s fuselage.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Witnesses said the explosion shook the area as much as the quake.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of shook
Verb
  • But Kenwood’s proposal for a boutique hotel, music venue and museum floundered in 2024.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
  • But Klug wasn’t sure any individual Democrat could outrun the negative perception that pervades a state where the party has floundered of late.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 24 June 2026
Definition of floundered
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