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How to pronounce shamble in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms shambling, shuffle, shuffling
Type of walk, walking
Type Words
Synonyms scuffle, shuffle
Type of walk
Has types drag, scuff
Derivation shambling

Examples of shamble

shamble
Shamble my way through a Dogme paragraph and make various references to Vikings.
From the guardian.co.uk
I agree with the author that Auckland's public transport facilities are a shamble.
From the economist.com
It was shamble play in the morning and a two-man best-ball in the afternoon.
From the fresnobee.com
On every march for justice he will show, in gnomic woolly hat you'll see him shamble.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Then, they shamble home in shambles to play the Trail Blazers, who will be no bargain.
From the denverpost.com
Like their namesakes, Zombies shamble around monotonously, simplifying existence with apathy.
From the washingtontimes.com
I shamble over to the bathroom sink and find my razor.
From the online.wsj.com
It's already dark as I watch my teenage son shamble to the car after a long day of school and practice.
From the denverpost.com
On With Love the band slow the pinging of a bright, African-style guitar to a very Northern-English shamble.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old"
  • Shuffle: walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall"
  • (shambles) a condition of great disorder
  • (shambles) abattoir: a building where animals are butchered
  • (Shambling) A zombie is a creature that appears in books, films and popular culture. It is typically a reanimated corpse, or a human being who is being controlled by someone else by use of magic. More recent stories have used a pandemic illness to explain them. ...
  • (The Shambles) The Shambles (official name Shambles) is an old street in York, England, with overhanging timber-framed buildings, some dating back as far as the fourteenth century. ...
  • (The Shambles (community television programme)) The Shambles is an Australian television sketch comedy program shown on the community television station Channel 31 in Melbourne. ...
  • To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet
  • (shambly) Shambling; not coordinated or graceful; clumsy