weltering

verb

present participle of welter
as in wallowing

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  1. wallowing
  2. shuffling
  3. shambling
  4. tottering
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  • Yelena’s and Bob’s character arcs offer an interesting reflection of Marvel’s own inner turmoil, caught between wallowing in its past and embracing an uncertain but exciting new future.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The once-proud franchise of Don Shula, the Perfect Season and Dan Marino has spent this century wallowing in mediocrity since last winning a playoff game in the 2000 season, the longest drought in the league.
    — Greg Cote July 27, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026
Definition of wallowing
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  • Few heads turn despite her tall, unmistakable frame shuffling across the floor.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In the Van Morrison video, people are shuffling around him, walking directly in front of or around him, some of them appear to be hustling to somewhere more urgent, some of them may be stopping for a brief glance, and then moving on.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
Definition of shuffling
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  • Bieber could be seen shambling inside, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrived by helicopter.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 July 2026
  • Julian’s shambling charm wears her down, the elder statesman challenging his younger peer’s view on their industry.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of shambling
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  • In an accompanying cartoon, Spark is caricatured as a sulking giant, tottering above the Tuscan countryside in a pair of high heels.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Among them a City boy wearing three Fit-Bit-type devices, two beautiful Middle Eastern sisters, an outrageously pompous elderly American (sorry; eavesdropping), and several Imelda Marcos lookalikes, tottering out of the treatment rooms with, somehow, their elaborate hairstyles still intact.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Definition of tottering
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