tottered

Meaning

of Totter

Synonyms

Examples

You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination. Violet Trefusis

Upon the gallows hung a wretch, Too sullied for the hell To which the law entitled him. As nature's curtain fell The one who bore him tottered in, For this was woman's son. "'T was all I had,” she stricken gasped; Oh, what a livid boon! Emily Dickinson

I feel ill,” he announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die.” He tottered piteously to the stairs. "Bury me beside Mrs. Pentstemmon,” he croaked as he went up then to bed. Diana Wynne Jones

Having been refused the right to sell another round of bonds to unsuspecting investors, the shaky empire tottered. Source: Internet

For the fraction of a second it seemed she tottered there, on her knees, gazing directly at those who had taken her life. Source: Internet