as in exhaustion
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1
as in shuffling
to walk while favoring one leg
she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler
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2
as in stumbling
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
the damaged boat limped back into port
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3
as in dragging
to move slowly
we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time
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Recent Examples of limping
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Carter did not look good limping off the practice field.
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Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
With the Bulls’ season limping toward a finish and the transfer portal opening tomorrow, Chapel Hill clearly didn’t want to wait.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
The chopper flew across New York harbor and landed at a Manhattan heliport, where Maduro, limping, was loaded into an armored vehicle.
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Michael R. Sisak,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
South Carolina wide receiver Nyck Harbor scored on an 80-yard reception in the second quarter and ran into the tunnel limping following the play.
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CBS News,
16 Nov. 2025
Springer fell to the ground in pain and was eventually helped off the field limping.
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Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Once off the field, Burrow was observed limping in the tunnel of the stadium with no shoe on his left foot.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
14 Sep. 2025
While Belly writes thank-you cards for her bridal shower, Conrad enters the house limping.
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Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Willis Reed limping to the court for a Game 7.
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Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
Throughout training this week, Bombito was seen wincing when taking tight turns and limping at times following drills.
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Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
Officers found one of the dogs limping from an apparent injury and determined the home was not fit to properly care for animals, Roseville police said.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
The 29-year-old checked out of the game and was seen limping back to the locker room as the first quarter came to an end.
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Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
In years past, the Knicks had to survive playoff runs, limping to a finish line well out of reach.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
In the end, despite the early promise and intrigue, The Boroughs is just another bland, unsatisfying Netflix Original series limping and sputtering to its foregone conclusion.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Blake Price, director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance, which lobbies on behalf of commercial shrimpers from North Carolina to Texas, says the industry was already limping before this year's fuel crisis hit.
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Drew Hawkins,
NPR,
26 May 2026
Noun
In recent days, young Knicks fans have been made to digest from their dreary Boomer elders heavy doses of old-timey hoops lore, but mainly about the 1970 title series, featuring Willis Reed’s limping, yet noble appearance in Game Seven, his injured leg shot up with painkillers.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Carter did not look good limping off the practice field.
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Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
With the Bulls’ season limping toward a finish and the transfer portal opening tomorrow, Chapel Hill clearly didn’t want to wait.
—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
The chopper flew across New York harbor and landed at a Manhattan heliport, where Maduro, limping, was loaded into an armored vehicle.
—
Michael R. Sisak,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
South Carolina wide receiver Nyck Harbor scored on an 80-yard reception in the second quarter and ran into the tunnel limping following the play.
—
CBS News,
16 Nov. 2025
Springer fell to the ground in pain and was eventually helped off the field limping.
—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Once off the field, Burrow was observed limping in the tunnel of the stadium with no shoe on his left foot.
—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
14 Sep. 2025
While Belly writes thank-you cards for her bridal shower, Conrad enters the house limping.
—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
The remarkable performance by Messi laid to rest any concern about his hamstring scare, which had fans worried after he was seen limping off of the field during a Major League Soccer matchup on Sunday, May 24.
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Willis Reed limping to the court for a Game 7.
—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2026
Throughout training this week, Bombito was seen wincing when taking tight turns and limping at times following drills.
—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
Officers found one of the dogs limping from an apparent injury and determined the home was not fit to properly care for animals, Roseville police said.
—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
The 29-year-old checked out of the game and was seen limping back to the locker room as the first quarter came to an end.
—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
In years past, the Knicks had to survive playoff runs, limping to a finish line well out of reach.
—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
In the end, despite the early promise and intrigue, The Boroughs is just another bland, unsatisfying Netflix Original series limping and sputtering to its foregone conclusion.
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Blake Price, director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance, which lobbies on behalf of commercial shrimpers from North Carolina to Texas, says the industry was already limping before this year's fuel crisis hit.
—
Drew Hawkins,
NPR,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limping
Noun
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Like Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed fighting to exhaustion, the two aging legends will look to do the same with a round-of-16 spot on the line.
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That gap between outward performance and inward exhaustion is what causes many owners to question their own judgment.
Verb
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Enola dutifully trudges between clues and possibilities, shuffling through crime scenes and racing around shady spaces, all of this much more paint-by-numbers than connect-the-dots.
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Colombia is trying its luck from distance, but Costa has been equal to each shot, first punching away Jefferson Lerma's rocket from the right, about 25 yards out, and then shuffling his feet to his left and catching Jhon Arias's shot from about the same distance.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also fallen foul of Germany’s World Cup elimination by Paraguay, after stumbling into a social media debacle following a communications blunder.
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There's been some stumbling plays, thwarted by tripping and dramatic falls.
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Compounding concerns, California officials say the Department of Transportation is dragging its feet.
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One small habit that has helped me tremendously is dragging important emails directly into my calendar.
Noun
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And how some close to him bristled when asked questions about his authoritarian streak and his departure from organizing, distractions that left the union’s power flagging.
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But among the favorite cyclical sectors entering the year, only industrials have truly continued to lead, with financials and consumer discretionary flagging.
Verb
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Koné, 24, could be seen hobbling onto the field on his good leg to celebrate with his teammates after Stephen Eustáquio scored a game-winning shot in extra time.
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This unequal setup ensures that migrants and refugees remain contained in the countries least equipped to host them, which only works when aid functions as the grease that keeps the system hobbling along.
Verb
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Trump taking the country to war with Iran, in part at the urging of his pal Bibi — without any sensible plan, debate, sanction from Congress or consideration as to how this might hurt Americans already struggling to make ends meet.
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The rules were altered in 2004 at the urging of Algeria, which was struggling to field a competitive national team with wholly domestic players and saw dozens of better prospects from the diaspora living in France.
Verb
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The Germans were crawling as far as the street, dashing across the asphalt, then leaping into the second trench.
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Jude Cornell joined a swarm of toddlers crawling after soccer balls, tossing training cones into the air and relocating a goalie net that was proving to be very, very portable.
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“Limping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limping. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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