weltering

present participle of welter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for weltering
Verb
  • Instead of wallowing in her misery, the movie accompanies her, like best friend Christina (Denise Gough), who checks in regularly with unconditional support.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • For the next few hours, Beau stayed in the hallway, wallowing in misery and looking outside the window, hoping to see his partner.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The three actors were filming a lighthearted scene, shuffling excitedly between a hot sauna and cold plunge, when Reeves’ foot caught on some flooring.
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The film essentially takes place entirely within an under-20-minute timeline, showing the same events from a shuffling deck of points of view.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Walking Dead keeps shambling along, now splintered into a bunch of pretty lackluster spinoffs.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Weltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weltering. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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