stagger about

Frequency: 6.03.2 per million words

To move around unsteadily, with no clear direction.

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Examples (10)

  • After the accident, he could only stagger about the wreckage.
  • The old man began to stagger about the room, disoriented.
  • Drunkards often stagger about in the streets late at night.
  • The injured bird could only stagger about helplessly on the ground.
  • He was so tired he just wanted to stagger about aimlessly.
  • Children learning to walk sometimes stagger about before finding their balance.
  • The confused tourist began to stagger about the unfamiliar market.
  • With blurry vision, she tried to stagger about the dark hallway.
  • By the end of the long shift, the workers would often stagger about from exhaustion.
  • The clown would stagger about comically to entertain the audience.