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Recent Examples of shamble Ray Fisher incarnates, with natural majesty, the brawn and bravado of Muhammad Ali; Edwin Lee Gibson shambles and stammers as Stepin Fetchit while retaining the dignity of a canny survivor. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023 That baggy, shambling gang of tuneless no-hopers swept along on the glassy-eyed tide of post-acid house euphoria? Jonathan Bernstein, SPIN, 7 June 2023 The franchise's latest spinoff, The Walking Dead: Dead City, which sics its shambling hordes on New York City, premieres this summer. Christian Holub, EW.com, 11 May 2023 With zombie stories saturating popular culture, the lore in TV and film began to expand beyond the simple trope of shambling brain eaters. Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, Popular Science, 4 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for shamble 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shamble
Verb
  • Once the road trip ends, Bronny will be shuffling between the G-League and the main Lakers roster.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
  • These relationships shuffle among the large, contentious staff — Mexican, white, Italian, black, Muslim, Albanian, and Dominican, a panoply of types whose individuality keeps the action lively, timely, yet unpredictable.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Surveyors reportedly stumbled upon the endangered bees during an environmental review of the area, forcing regulators to suspend the project.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence.
    Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Instead of stomping their feet, her parents could simply say her name.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Dinosaurs stomp past, ice ages come and go, indigenous people hunt for food.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024

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“Shamble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shamble. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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