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hobbled
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hobbled as in:  she hobbled up the hill

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  • Filch hobbled across to his desk, snatched up the envelope, and threw it into a drawer.  (source)
  • He hobbled out carrying a steel rod from the construction inside.  (source)
  • They chased him on the street, and mocked him when he hobbled by.  (source)
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  • He hobbled around the ruins, seizing at his bad leg when it lagged, talking and whimpering and shouting directions at it and cursing it and pleading with it to work for him now when it was vital.  (source)
    hobbled = walked with difficulty
  • They walked out through the grass, Blevins hobbling after them.  (source)
    hobbling = walking with difficulty
  • He stumbles to his feet and hobbles off toward his office.  (source)
    hobbles = walks with difficulty
  • Shruggers, hobblers, truss and harness wearers, crutch-dancers, wall inspectors, wheelchair people in bandage helmets, wound smells and drug flowers blossoming from gauze, from colorful horrors and out of the deep sinks.†  (source)
  • She hobbled away, singing "Lord of the Dance" to herself.  (source)
    hobbled = walked with difficulty
  • You take a look down below at the staff; there are a dozen fellows hobbling around that he has operated on.  (source)
    hobbling = walking with difficulty
  • Now thirteen years old, he's gone white in the muzzle and hobbles around with an arthritic limp.  (source)
    hobbles = walks with difficulty
  • Then slowly, with bent back the old man hobbled past them and was gone.  (source)
    hobbled = walked with difficulty
  • SHAWN RETURNED TO WORK, hobbling unsteadily.†  (source)
  • The 8TH JUROR hobbles, dragging one leg, toward the chair that serves as the bedroom door.  (source)
    hobbles = walked with difficulty (as though with an injury or physical impediment)
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