Sentence examples for he is tottering from inspiring English sources

Or shoes, because another sign of this excessive arrogance on the field is that he is tottering round on 'salto alto' - high heels, like some preening, self-obsessed vaudeville star.

On the platform alongside his fellow United States Olympic swimming champions Ryan Lochte and Natalie Coughlin, Phelps was so tired that he was tottering, so Coughlin discreetly did the honors.

The German economy is tottering.

Poland's populist coalition is tottering.

The court is tottering under a growing caseload (see chart).

The euro zone is tottering, America's deficit is alarming and inflation is looming, they reckon.

The Ukrainian economy is tottering and the country is borrowing $16 billion from the IMF.

The liberal regime may not have been toppled, but it is tottering.

As we reported in the newspaper this past week, the Social Security disability insurance system is tottering.

The whole new edifice of bidding for rail franchises is tottering.

Queen of everything Mariah Carey is tottering her way on to reality TV in four-inch heels.