Verb (used without object) : The tower seemed to totter in the wind. The government was tottering. ,a load that tottered.    From Dictionary.com. 

Having heard thus far I tottered from the summer-house, and got into the shrubbery, where.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Castle of Wolfenbach] Reference

The first girl to answer my call tottered into the room half-naked and half-asleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [River God]

He tottered drunkenly toward a chair and sat down all of a heap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men of Affairs] Reference

Suddenly the father tottered and with a moan fell to the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference

He thought he was, but made a superhuman effort, and tottered on.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference

Unsteadily, like one walking in a dream, she tottered toward him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Triflers] Reference

Percy tottered up, blood spurting from his nose, his head spinning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

She pushed him aside so sharply that he tottered back on his heels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sacrifice] Reference

The woman tottered backwards, swayed for an instant, and then fell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Despair's Last Journey] Reference

"Mastowix!" exclaimed Batavsky, and this time he tottered to his feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia] Reference

Brett tottered back against the wall, let his breath out in a harsh sigh.    From Wordnik.com.  [It Could Be Anything] Reference

The whole side of the cabin was broken; it tottered, and the wind rushed in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

He tottered forward into Isabel's arms and said -- "It's you -- how ripping!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Men of Affairs] Reference

The would-be murderer tottered a few steps, then fell in a heap on the grass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jerry's Reward] Reference

Then he tottered and fell back in his chair, covering his face with his hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seventh Noon] Reference

He perspired freely, his legs tottered beneath him, and his tongue was parched.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference

Fearfully emaciated and ghastly pale, he tottered forward with tremulous steps.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference

Rizzo was speaking when she tottered and fell into the shielding arms of Margherita.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference

He was deathly pale, and tottered feebly under the tremendous weight of the Senator.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference

He tried to steady himself on his feet, that he might take the baby, but he tottered.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

The girl tottered to her feet -- had to balance like a rope-dancer to keep upon them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference

One leg stuck out for balance, upright as if stepping off, he tottered toward the sky.    From Wordnik.com.  [Creatures: A Memoir] Reference

The Norman moved dizzily out of his stretcher, stood up, and tottered to the entrance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference

They scrabbled up over the edge, tottered there for an instant, and dropped on the grass.    From Wordnik.com.  [David and the Phoenix] Reference

In this era of the patriotism of the pocket, common reason almost tottered from her throne.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference

On the Continent thrones tottered and fell, republics started up for a moment and faded away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference

But the poor woman, pale and trembling, tottered across the room, and took it out of his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference

On the lip of that pit I tottered and poised for one last moment holding back before the plunge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book of Genesis] Reference

As she said these words and the things fell on the ground near the animal, he tottered and fell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thirty Indian Legends] Reference

Lord of Visinara turned, and with steps that tottered under him, bore his child back to the castle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference

On landing, he tottered and fell -- just "" inches away, '' he said afterward, from a successful quad.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Icy Road To Nagano] Reference

 He tottered, from early afternoon ale rather than age, and started rambling about his enemies and friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fourteen Days In November] Reference

 She sighed and tottered back to the kitchen to begin cooking dinner and pounding out a poultice for the night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old Egg] Reference

The Russians wore dresses and suit jackets with khaki trousers; one woman tottered across the grass in spike heels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Grunge: It's Not Just Ugle Americans] Reference

One was old, with grey hairs, who tottered beneath his burden; and the other a pale lad, who had just recovered from the fever.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Homestead] Reference