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Sentence Examples He's about to replace a blade on the jigsaw when he hears someone shuffling up the gravel road. Lobo started shuffling uphill, on crooked empty streets past blind-shuttered windows. He was shuffling papers around in a large file but stopped when he saw me look up. A lot of what a manager does all day, clearly, is sit behind a desk shuffling paper. The software's shuffle-play capability juxtaposes them in intriguing ways, even shuffling through only the tracks played in the past 90 days. How is the epidemic deterred by airline passengers shuffling through trays of disinfectant? At a desk to the very side of the room, a very overweight, red-faced man was shuffling through some files and stuffing them into Manila folders. It is accessible but it suffers from too many personalities shuffling through on a page by page basis. Managers should not be shuffling patients off waiting lists to meet a manifesto target. Through the tiny window I watched the pensioners shuffling by with their yappy dogs, the parking inspectors on the prowl. What comes out clearly is that the Indian team lacks consistency in performance, due to the needless shuffling. Along with the voices come some shuffling sounds, likes shoes scraping against concrete. She's just shuffling formal symbols around according to the instructions she was given. He's continually picking one up and putting another down, shuffling between indices, tables of contents and bibliographies. We stayed for a few drinks and then joined the trail of people shuffling down the road. The door closed in her face and I heard her feet shuffling as she moved to stand sentry by the door. He took short shuffling steps and shook his considerable bulk with each one. Old women shuffling along bent almost beyond 90 degrees in their gumboots and floral aprons with bundles of clothes tied over there backs. Cheesy operatics are the order of the day, as a shuffling 125 bpm beat almost makes you want to start wiggling your hips. I shrugged and walked to the counter, feet shuffling along the Persian carpet. Show More Sentences He smiled and winked, then checked his watch and began shuffling papers around on his desk. I averted my gaze to the tarred road between us, beneath us, and restrained my feet from shuffling ashamedly. The backs have overcome their attacking troubles, and shuffling players around in positions seems to have paid off. I walked into my room and picked up the cordless, shuffling through papers to find my school directory. If no one had a Pontoon, the dealer adds all the used cards to the bottom of the pack and without shuffling deals a new hand. I instantly grew a floppy fringe, bought a combat jacket and started shuffling. As they got nearer, one of the doors swung open and a bent, hooded figure swathed in rags came shuffling out. Norman scoots behind the desk and glances down at the blotter, shuffling a few papers in his fingers. I spent the day in a deep funk, ineffectually shuffling around my office in an unproductive, sleep-deprived, hangover-tinged haze. The snowy egret often hunts by shuffling its feet back and forth in the water, stirring things up so it can eat them. Arms aloft, hips swaying, feet shuffling every which way, he was the talk of the dance floor at York's Gallery Nightclub. A shuffling street drinker with a string of convictions over eight lost years, she is now notorious as the woman who exposes herself in public. It was almost four in the afternoon when two oldsters faced off in the dusty tinku plaza, shuffling their feet almost shyly. Footsteps sounded on the old floorboards, one set shuffling, and a steady thud that might be a peg leg or a cane. He face reddens and he fidgets, shuffling from one foot to the other and rubbing the back of his neck. On the other side of the table, Katelyn finished shuffling through her disorganized folders, and she removed one creased paper from the bunch. After shuffling though many books and cooking websites I decided to make salmon pasty, a salad of greens, frumenty, and fruit pudding. In Metropolis, Fritz Lang had the office as an urban dystopia with workers shuffling about in smocks with bowed heads, sedated by repetition. Someone wrote me that he's 105 years old and ought to be shuffling off this mortal coil. Bri did not dare to move until she heard his shuffling feet and tired grunts descend to the bottom of the stairs and fade into the kitchen. Show More Sentences With the lie of Scottish theatreland already shifting, we are seeing a nascent, semiconscious shuffling for position for next year's awards. As he began shuffling his papers so they were neat and organized, whispers began to fly around the class. Instead, the children sit listlessly in the shade of the only tree in the yard, shuffling their feet, drawing lines in the sand, and dozing. Nate fidgeted, shuffling his feet and rolling his shoulders inside the itchy shirt. From the mists, a shuffling figure could be discerned moving towards the field of battle. I have vague memories of shuffling up the street to the corner shop in them, only to discover that it was closed. He flushed and made a production of opening his binder and shuffling his notes. The badly drawn one has stuck to a signature script of music-box melodies, shuffling instrumentals and rambling lyrical tangents. Gyrating, shuffling, mimicking birds and humans, pounding bamboo drums and stomping in rhythm, the men and boys play out a series of dances. After several years sufferers may develop a shuffling walk without arm movement. She awoke to the sound of shuffling feet and many muffled voices whispering in tones too quiet to be heard clearly. We stood there in awkward silence, shuffling our feet gawkily like ducks do when they are hungry. They immediately stepped back and sat down as Raymond picked up the deck of cards and began shuffling. I picked up a deck of cards from his desk, shuffling to keep myself occupied. The man played idly with a deck of cards, shuffling and re-shuffling with a bit of a smirk on his face. I don't think the old guy got it, and pretty soon he was shuffling back up the mountain. One could almost believe that at any moment Scott and his men would come shuffling in, hang up their deerskin coats and start boiling a brew. This type of genetic shuffling may have unpredictable, often deleterious effects. While they're gone, employers are expected to make do, whether by shuffling personnel, hiring temporary replacements, or training new workers. He could hear Brian's niece shuffling about, the soft heels of her shoes padding against the carpet. Show More Sentences I walked slowly shuffling along the busy hallway reflecting how alone one could feel in such a crowded place. And when we walked back down the corridor I noticed he was shuffling along, really like a defeated soldier on retreat. His feet were shuffling along with the rest of him, tapping out the beat on the cement floor. He then got to his feet and started shuffling along doing an impression of the way I walked. Except that this time, the gentleman of the couple was walking with a frame and was shuffling along very slowly indeed. I couldn't see from under my pillow, but I knew he was probably near the door shuffling from foot to foot in a nervous fashion. An older lady hobbled into the crowd, her feet shuffling under her and her hand shaky on her cane. The old lady had got to her feet and after shuffling slowly forwards, was standing in awe next to the younger woman. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a pack of cards, shuffling them hopefully. This would include bowling changes, field changes, shuffling the batting order, speeding up or slowing down the pace of the game, etc. When my turn came, he was shuffling papers around at his desk and greeted me with a flourish of his left arm. He looked down at the floor and began shuffling a paper clip that was lying on the floor around with his foot. More shuffling, another number was called and the cops began bundling the little man out. The traffic came to a screeching halt and the faceless multitudes shuffling along the pavements actually paused to turn and look at the cause of it all. He appears to be shuffling the decks in an elliptical power move. It's worth the trouble, just to be able to dream a little over a third cup of coffee, shuffling through your newspaper and doing a bit of desultory people-watching. This again is so discourteous to your fellow patrons, and the performers, who are all quite distracted by your shuffling and stumbling in the dark. An axle attaches the front of the frame to the foundation, and the resulting pivot allows you to lift your heel and walk with the shuffling gait of a backcountry skier. Far from being nubile and beauteous, most clients are in various stages of dodderiness, shuffling around in white bathrobes between one appointment and the next. With his peroxide head bowed, eyes closed, the old man feels his way forward, bandy legs shuffling, shoulders stooped, senses bat sharp, as keen as razor wire. Show More Sentences Unlike other stargazers, my friend does not resort to performing calculations with birthdays and positions of planets or shuffling and reading tarot cards. There was a distinct sound of thump followed by shuffling noise. The soldiers had only just dismounted and stopped the runaway horse by the time he arrived on the scene, and the animal was still shuffling nervously. There was a pause between Acts 1 and 2, and a rather high number of latecomers were admitted, resulting in much shuffling, and a general hum of conversation. The woman began shuffling through the register for the 36th electoral district in Queens. Emily heard a sharp gasp, then the sound of shuffling feet, then several thuds and slaps as the purists complied with the request, their paws meeting the cabinets. A soft noise came from inside, a quiet shuffling and a low muttering. I'd spent the early evening goofing around with a bottle of Mad Dog, then decided to take a little nap before shuffling off to the liquor store to stock up for the night. From the distance came a sound, a muffled shuffling of many feet. For three days Kieran left the bed only to hobble down the hallway to the garderobe, leaning heavily on Michael's arm, shuffling in the remnants of his torn leather shoes. Then, shuffling, she surreptitiously grabs the one he chose with her mouth while pretending to cut the deck. In Singapore, I was a Brady at last, shuffling alongside an endless stream of siblings. Before the curtain rose, the playwright sheepishly greeted his fans at the door, wearing a baseball cap and shuffling his feet. King Abdullah reached for a familiar face in shuffling his foreign-intelligence service, naming Prince Bandar as chief. At intervals the washer pinged, I hit Save and toddled along to move the loads along, picking up the next heap as I went and shuffling it along the floor in front of me. He sat at his seat behind the desk shuffling his papers around angrily. We all sat in close quarters, awkwardly shuffling our coats and bags. The pin-drop silence at the start gradually melted into a gentle background murmur, full of the sound of papers rustling, friends whispering and restless feet shuffling. Claire looked at her feet, shuffling uncomfortably in place. How about applying the same tax rules and rates to companies and individuals so people don't spend half their time shuffling money around to minimise tax. Show More Sentences He completely ruined the naturalness of candid cinematography by goofily looking into the lens as it filmed each shuffling step of his perambulatory progress. The shuffling enigma, head occasionally cocked in bird-like inquisitiveness, befriends his fellow patients to mesmerising and medically undefinable effect. Some babies can cruise around, shuffling while holding onto something. For example, the playlist gives you intros interspersed with clips in the appropriate order, but if your player is shuffling tunes it won't preserve that order. The sound of desks clunking and the shuffling of feet against the linoleum, filled her ears, as she got her materials organized and finally went to the front of the class. As pretentious as that sounds, the menus are actually extremely well laid out, and even include options for repeating and shuffling of the disc and tracks. He walks with a shuffling gait, almost as if he is refusing to lift his feet and take real steps for fear that the ground will disappear once he lifts his feet from it. Why was he shuffling through glossy brochures on his lap at the same time? Katerina sat in the middle of her room, on the bed to be exact, shuffling through old photographs of Mitzy and Renee, who had taken the day off to go shopping. Rita snapped around when she heard shuffling in the pinto beans. Dennis is busy organizing his desk, shuffling through all sorts of papers. Greg began shuffling through his desk in search of something. The usual shuffling about and whistling Dixie as Shanghai entertains brighter sparks? This shuffling of authority within the Prussian military establishment would have important consequences. Just Dance 4 also kept grooving up the chart, soft-shoe shuffling two places from six to four. He still looks wonderfully young, despite his awkward, shuffling, slinking walk, and his stooped shoulders. She stood there, shuffling her feet, waiting for the bus to arrive. Also, I think that not enough shuffling in Magic tends to result in very poor hands, characterized by mana screw or mana flood. Depends on the context, like OPP, he said, his feet shuffling somewhere underneath his draggy hoopskirt pantlegs. The common toad usually moves by walking rather slowly or in short shuffling jumps involving all four legs. Show More Sentences The slave coffle behind him stopped its shuffling as chicken eater failed to spear his choice. Four women dance together, shuffling their feet, arching over one another's bodies and running across the stage before stopping dead with shuddery little recoils of the chest. There was a low rumbling of heavy sea-boots among the benches, and a still slighter shuffling of women's shoes, and all was quiet again, and every eye on the preacher. Then there is a shuffling sound, and the quiet slide of a spyhole cover. There was a slight shuffling movement amoung the men crowded about. Symptoms such as shuffling gait, loss of dexterity, festination, freezing of gait, hypophonia and loss of articulation, and falls because of loss of postural reflexes. From his nervy shuffling walk to his bashful enjoyment at a family get-together, Steele filled the stage with his Ebenezer, without ever resorting to hamminess. It is quite mesmerising to watch size 11 steel-boots shuffling at the speed of light and the show opening focuses our attention on to the unique skills of tapdance. Examples from Classical Literature Whilst shuffling the cards, the dealer causes the holdout to add the 'odd' card to the pack. Sorko scrambling to his feet, shuffling to the table, where he retrieved his bowl. The shuffling movement and clank of chains was heard, but she did not turn her head. This nation will not go back to the days of simply shuffling children along from grade to grade without them learning the basics. Then, shuffling their sandaled feet, the six went out through a door at the side. We give two or three specimens to confound at once this miserable piece of coxcombry and shuffling. Mouley came shuffling up in his babouche slippers and we both ordered another schooner of beer. There were the usual noises of shuffling and disarrangement and talking and exits. He had taken up his palette and was shuffling about in front of his picture. Makar Alexeevich came twice that evening shuffling along in his galoshes as far as the door and stopped and looked ingratiatingly at Pierre. Then came a nervous shuffling of boots on the creaky boards. Jaggers's room, seemed to have been shuffling up and down the staircase for years. There was a shuffling in the state-room, followed by a silence. A tumultuous shuffling of feet went on continuously over our heads. And so I have had to keep up as I could, and have got into this ugly shuffling pace. De Bracy and I will instantly go among these shuffling cowards, and convince them they have gone too far to recede. Boldly he led his shuffling horse to the place where the butchers had their stalls. He turned and hurried away to one of the far cottages, where Mademoiselle Reisz was shuffling away. Ferrars herself, by her shuffling excuses, seemed the only person surprised at her not giving more. And all the time the stream of shabby people was hastening by us, with the continuous dreary shuffling of weary footsteps on the flagstones. Show More Sentences There ensues a vast shuffling of words, a drone and a gurgle of syllables. His steps were the short and shuffling ones of a man advanced in years and in fatty degeneration, but of a sudden they stopped beneath my very eyes. For an hour that magician went on shuffling and pulling off boots till he had shed as many as twenty-five pair, and I was hovering on the verge of lunacy. The unexpected had swept its wizardry over the face of things, changing the perspective, juggling values, and shuffling the real and the unreal into perplexing confusion. After a while this ceased, and then came the scuffling and shuffling of men's feet as they carried a heavy weight down the steep and winding stairs. One day, near the end of the week Eradicate came shuffling into the room where Tom was sorting out the possessions he desired to take with him, Ned assisting him in the task. Affable, shuffling, cute, they stick in my craw like fish bones. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of shuffling? Words that rhyme with shuffling What is the plural of shuffling? What is the adverb for shuffling? What is the adjective for shuffling? What is the noun for shuffling? Translations for shuffling Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words shuffles shufflers shuffler Shuffled shuffled shuffleboard shufti shufty shug Shug shul shuls 9-letter Words Starting With s sh shu shuf shuff shuffl shuffli shufflin