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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of wobble.

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Examples

  • The Horten was good enough to fly, but not as a gun platform or a bomber; it 'wobbled'.

    Northrop Builds a Horten Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • "The Horten was good enough to fly, but not as a gun platform or a bomber; it 'wobbled'."

    Northrop Builds a Horten Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • If John Major "wobbled" in a broom cupboard at No 10, I hate to think what Broown will do in the Cellar or Cobra in a crisis.

    Is Another Tory MP About to Jump Ship? 2007

  • But at the last minute the storm just kind of wobbled to the east and spared the Cabo San Lucas and Los Cabos area, which is a major tourism destination here on the peninsula, and headed northeast.

    CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2006 2006

  • Then it kind of wobbled a little back, but they have also changed slightly the forecast track, which is something that we were kind of thinking that would happen.

    CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005 2005

  • I think Vernon kind of wobbled a little bit and the defenseman tried to poke it into him.

    National Hockey League - Maple Leafs vs. Flames 2000

  • One tester claimed the rod 'wobbled' too much but 'felt very light,' while another thought it felt 'bulky.'

    Shakespeare Ugly Stik 1999

  • The best known statesmen of both parties had "wobbled" upon the question.

    History of the United States, Volume 5 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880

  • The upper skirt was tied so lightly back that it was impossible to take a long step, and the under one was so loaded with plaited frills that it "wobbled" no other word will express it ungracefully, both fore and aft.

    Eight Cousins Louisa May Alcott 1860

  • Some horses had already made it down to the start and there were reports that others had "wobbled" on entering the paddock.

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

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