stagger about
Frequency: 6.03.2 per million words
To move around unsteadily, with no clear direction.
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- 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.