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How to use waddle in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun, verb

Waddle means a squat, swaying gait. Example: “Lillis imported a waddle of penguins who lined up at the clubhouse gate in their snappy thermal attire and were the first clients admitted.”

Examples of waddle by meaning

nounA squat, swaying gait.

  • the waddle of a duck

nounA group of birds, such as ducks and penguins, when walking.

  • Lillis imported a waddle of penguins who lined up at the clubhouse gate in their snappy thermal attire and were the first clients admitted.1963, Red Smith, The Best of Red Smith, F. Watts, page 111
  • You can see the dolphin show, the miracles of Stellar's sea lions and the cute waddle of penguins under the glittering illumination of the indoor swimming pool.2008, Hyeongak Kim, Visual Atlas of Korea: 2008 Map & Guide, Kyohaksa, page 225
  • A waddle of ducks and ducklings appeared around her feet.2024, micheal dubh, The Girl who Rode the Unihorn: Of love and climate devastation, Seanchaidh, page 333

verbTo walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.

  • Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 217

verbTo move slowly.

  • Due to their being quite fat, they could also turn very quickly, even if they were waddling along by the end of the turn.2018 December 19, Drachinifel, 4:55 from the start, in SMS Nassau - Guide 007 (Human Voice), archived from the original on 18 Dec 2022

More sentences with waddle

  • She was big pregnant and waddled around their home with Matthew teasing her about her big belly.2018 August, Shawn M. Beasley, Killing the Rougarou, iUniverse, →ISBN. From the entry big pregnant
  • They arrived in a jam of buggies, toddlers waddling around sticky-fingering the walls.2015, Colette McBeth, The Life I Left Behind: A Novel, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry sticky-finger
  • Maria was forever to begive her begivings to the loathsome imposter who’s waddling skulk had haunted her.2010, Chris Worth, Captain Jeans and the Quest for Keith, storywrite.com. From the entry begiving
  • The buttons below his waddle open to reveal a ruddy V, tidemark of the sun.2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa. From the entry wattle
  • "Smell ya later," Scary Mary said to all of us, waddling toward the elevators.2006, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Easter Rising: An Irish American Coming Up from Under, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin…. From the entry smell ya later
  • "ARP, ARP, ARP." George turned and saw the seal waddling down their side of the river.2002, Larry Mehelic, Searching for Blue-Eyed Trout. From the entry arp
  • Rather, Honey, an elderly, overweight Lab mix, waddles and wags my way.1992 June 21, Barbara Holl, Cathy Hainer, Bill Heavey, Walter Nicholls, Christina del Sesto, “Summer Places”, in The Washington Post. From the entry glug
  • The cob waddled out onto the island and looked in the nest.1970, E. B. White, The Trumpet of the Swan, HarperCollins, published 2000, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry cob
  • Jemima alighted rather heavily, and began to waddle about in search of a convenient dry nesting-place.1908, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, New York: Frederick Warne & Co. From the entry foxglove
  • “Adiós losers!” as he waddled out the door.2019, Don McLean, “How to Play”, in The Game, Victoria, B.C.: FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 84. From the entry adiós
  • These two fluffbutts were busily waddling across the entrance to the apartment complex and coming very close to getting run over.2010 November 22, @Charix, “Da coons”, in Fur Affinity. From the entry fluffbutt
  • This is Bridgewallace Avenue and I don't see any time for such waddle, forespreading backspraddlers, human agent culls.2000, Clark Coolidge, Alien Tatters. From the entry forespread
  • The guineas peeped complainingly, the goslings waddled into all the puddles and came back to chill my skin.1944, Emily Carr, “Brooding and Homing”, in The House of All Sorts. From the entry guinea
  • They followed her at a rapid tiny waddle, crying queep-queep-queep.1929, Henry Williamson, The Pathway, Volume 4. From the entry queep
  • Sitting on a driftwood bench near the guano-spattered tents that are the biologists' summer homes and with downy tern chicks waddling by her feet, Dr.[2006 August 29, Murray Carpenter, “Trying to Export the Success of a Maine Seabird Program”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry tung
  • He flapped out his arms, pretending they were ostrich wings, stuck out his bottom, and waddled around, bobbing his head in a gifted impression of Lightfoot’s ostrichy gait.2017, Julie Berry, The Emperor’s Ostrich, New York, N.Y.: Roaring Brook Press, →ISBN, pages 259–260. From the entry ostrichy
  • While he worked he talked to his ducks, who were waddling about hopefully, as it was almost time for the red bucket to be filled with sharps and potato-peelings.1954, Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, Dorothy, published 2010, page 21. From the entry sharp

Meaning of waddle

  1. noun A squat, swaying gait.
  2. noun A group of birds, such as ducks and penguins, when walking.
  3. verb To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.

Full definition of waddle

Questions about waddle in a sentence

How do you use waddle in a sentence?
Waddle is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Lillis imported a waddle of penguins who lined up at the clubhouse gate in their snappy thermal attire and were the first clients admitted.”
What is a short sentence with waddle?
“the waddle of a duck”
What does waddle mean?
Waddle means a squat, swaying gait.

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