Verb (used without object) : His writing limps from one cliché to another. The old car limped along. ,an economy that limps along at a level just above total bankruptcy. From Dictionary.com.
I didn't want to move Dave, he came in limping this morning and was taking a nap on my desk. at. From Wordnik.com. [shipping successes] Reference
With Martin limping, Shawn Marion hit a 3-pointer to make it 73-66 before Sacramento called a timeout. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Basketball - Phoenix vs. Sacramento] Reference
She was still limping from a leg injury that she had suffered during one of the evacuations from her home on Rolling Bay Walk. From Wordnik.com. [The Liquid Earth] Reference
I'm conceited, too, for I hate the idea of limping, and being stiff and ungraceful. From Wordnik.com. [Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story] Reference
O'BRIEN: Now they were able to get it kind of limping back to life. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2007] Reference
And so you've to say that he is kind of limping across the finish line here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2008] Reference
They also engage in protective reactions, such as limping and rubbing, after being hurt. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-01-01] Reference
A man went by, in some kind of limping crawling fashion, and he seemed like the obvious solution, so I asked him if he wanted some mice. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
Pretty good article on the art of "limping" in poker. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
And as a result, I think the system is kind of limping along. From Wordnik.com. [Marketplace] Reference
"We're just kind of limping along, with any improvement being anemic," said. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference
To fill up a sentence, or to conjure up some kind of limping excuse for idle people?. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)] Reference
Archilochus; at any rate, by means of a change in termination, he manufactured "limping" Iambics. From Wordnik.com. [History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour] Reference
"We have been kind of limping along the whole year but it does seem to look a little better for manufacturing.". From Wordnik.com. [Victorville Daily Press :] Reference
Dropping his crutch and passing the carbine to his left hand, with a kind of limping, halting, jump, he advanced toward the door where. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Caroline County, Virginia] Reference
"limping" to port if it is moving at normal speed?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
'that is what we call the' limping 'or' scuttering 'noise. From Wordnik.com. [The Alleged Haunting of B—— House] Reference
But his popularity is limping along at below 20 percent. From Wordnik.com. [No Guiding Light] Reference
I looked at the mess and started limping back to my car. From Wordnik.com. [Myra] Reference
The bad news is that the nation's labor market is limping. From Wordnik.com. [More Workers Quit Labor Force] Reference
All things being equal, the limping economy should favor Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Why It’s Worse Than You Think] Reference
You are scared by my wide eyed wild haired limping crying self. From Wordnik.com. [Thirteen] Reference
They'd come in limping, and they would literally leave walking. From Wordnik.com. [A Grandfather Dedicated To Easing Others' Pain] Reference
One day a car hit him, and the frogs didn't care that he was limping. From Wordnik.com. [Tilly Artaud] Reference
But without the expensive federal crutches, the firm would likely be limping. From Wordnik.com. [Goldman Sachs, Welfare Queen] Reference
They were sitting there just for depressed, divorced, limping suckers like Pam. From Wordnik.com. [Kumquat Soda] Reference
You walked around me like a landmine; I understood I wasn't worth limping for. From Wordnik.com. [Fishing With Ben Franklin's Skeleton] Reference
Just wake me up, please, when Curt Schilling starts limping his way to the mound. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: On a Limp and a Prayer] Reference
The dog has been limping from the moment we brought the cat home from the shelter. From Wordnik.com. [House on Fire] Reference
I didn't slow my limping to hear the preacher's reply if, indeed, he had any. From Wordnik.com. [GOD'S FACE] Reference
She pulls the protective pad from her thigh and, limping, runs the drill one more time. From Wordnik.com. [Up In The Air] Reference
Their fragrance filled Megumi's lung and her wounds numbed even though she was still limping. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi Zero - v.2: Megumi's Fable, the Advance] Reference
Pam was limping because of a neuroma between the toes of her right foot, and she had a headache. From Wordnik.com. [Kumquat Soda] Reference
The weeks of limping and moaning that followed made a strong case for the doctors 'point of view. From Wordnik.com. [Running on Empty] Reference
Many mergers that defined the new global age (DaimlerChrysler, Vivendi Universal) are now limping. From Wordnik.com. [Is It Globaloney?] Reference
Usually a fit man, he was limping, suffering from a pinched nerve that resulted from being beaten by a soldier. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter's Demands] Reference
In the wild, they look for an animal that may be limping or one of the prey animals that might be acting differently. From Wordnik.com. [What a Tiger Sees] Reference
Three weeks into the great vaccine debacle of 2004, L. A.'s Cedars-Sinai Hospital was limping along on 10 percent of its usual supply. From Wordnik.com. [The Flu Shot Fiasco] Reference
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