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Adjective
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My figures have two noses, two pairs of wobbly lips and lopsided torsos that often lean precariously to one side.—
Gabe Montesanti, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
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Anything worse than another Rory round in the 60s would have resulted in his lead shrinking, and a wobbly Saturday was certain to shrink the gap further.— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
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The volunteer, named Jacki and played with warm restraint by Tessa Thompson, has been slowly developing a friendship with Yarris, a mercurial but undeniably charismatic character played by Adrien Brody, your go-to actor for any slight man with a loping, unsteady energy.— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
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Change feels unsteady, and the reader will want to get to stable ground.— JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
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With almost no plan, Sonny makes a shambling attempt at an armed robbery, only to end up trapped in the bank with the manager and five female tellers as his hostages.— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
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One rarely gains a sense of what people look like (beyond the son’s bulky physique and shambling movements, in which the mother ‘caught a flash of her brother’).— Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
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The contrast with Durant’s lumpish Johnny makes no sense.— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
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In the fall and early winter, there might be 20 creatures lounging there, occasionally galumphing or issuing a burp noise that echoes over the water.— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Larruping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/larruping. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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