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单词 doddery
例句 doddery
“You know what he’s like. They’re a bunch of doddery old fools, and they were scared. There’ll be an appeal, though, there always is. Only I can’t see any hope.... Nothing will have changed.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
He was a little doddery and flat-footed, but he walked reasonably well for a man of eighty-eight. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
The central character of The Marshal – played by Rodney Bewes of The Likely Lads fame – is Marshal Pétain in Vichy France, here portrayed in this New Actors Company production as a doddery King Lear figure. The Ashes, Tyne, The Moment Of Truth: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-06-22T05:00:20Z
Even at 19 he played a doddery old man in a production of JM Barrie's play Mary Rose. Dad's Army star Clive Dunn dies 2012-11-08T09:55:45Z
Never was it more sharply displayed than in last week's offering with Edward Fox as a fabulously doddery and eccentric survivor of the permissive 60s. Rewind TV: Martina Cole's The Runaway; Bored to Death; Spiral; Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands 2011-04-02T23:09:39Z
Surprisingly slender, if a bit doddery now at 75, Michael Winner walks to the podium in the American Cinematheque's Egyptian theatre and shows us how a real raconteur grabs his audience. Michael Winner: statesman of film 2011-03-17T22:15:02Z
Pulp – Help the Aged See that doddery old Clive Dunn-alike snoring on that park bench with dribble on his chin? Readers recommend: songs about euphoria 2010-08-12T23:01:00Z
Dunn was only 50 when he recorded it but looked like a doddery pensioner on Top of the Pops. Readers recommend: songs about euphoria 2010-08-12T23:01:00Z
Awards for doddery members were replaced with videos hailing the leader’s achievements to “loud thumping music”, creating a “wild zombified build-up” to his speech. A difficult truth 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z
In the wrong hands, this could have been a doddery self-indulgence but each child has nested securely in his imagination. A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley 2011-03-20T00:02:02Z
Great performance, I thought – very convincing as the doddery, wrongly accused family friend, but equally as the murderer who knew he'd get away with it. The Killing III finale: episodes nine and 10 2012-12-15T23:00:00Z
Entertainingly played by Richard Bremmer, Zeus is presented in the play’s opening moments as a doddery old hobo, hawking souvenirs from the base of Mount Olympus. London Theater Journal: A Weekend of Hedonism and Hope 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z
The shift was reflected in pro-Kremlin media: Gone was the usual portrait of the U.S. president as a doddery threat to global stability. To Russians, Putin got what he wanted from Biden: Some ‘great power’ respect 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z
We stand at the bar and watch them come in: black and white, old and young, doddery relics of the Factory scene beside box-fresh representatives of the meme generation. Pop's dark star: the return of Andy Warhol 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z
Academic historians usually give it short shrift, treating it as history's poor relation, a doddery old aunt or uncle who witters on about the past. In defence of family history 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z
Mr Barrow bounded over, offered a comic tale about a civil-war unit from his home county manned by doddery old men, then thanked the scowling Confederates for showing up. The loneliest man in Congress 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z
But their proposed prescription is almost as doddery as an old Routemaster. Up to speed 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z
But in Britain’s medieval castles and baroque gardens that dream is vibrantly alive—even if its protagonists are sometimes a bit doddery. More elbow grease, grandma 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z
"The actor playing me is much older than me, while the actor who plays Simon is much younger," said Walsh, portrayed in the musical as a doddery geriatric. Musical has the X Factor, critics say 2014-03-27T12:15:44Z
He threatens to ruin a bigoted senator by ending cotton subsidies for his state, and to foment a coup against a doddery committee chairman. Lexington: Hey! Hey! LBJ! 2013-09-26T15:05:59Z
On the doomed planet Krypton, doddery politicians squabble in the face of an ecological disaster caused by using too much energy. Lexington: Cape of good hope 2013-06-20T15:05:37Z
The last three Republican presidents could be fairly characterized as old, doddery, out-of-touch, or a little slow. Economic legacies: Last chance for a generation? 2012-09-12T15:43:06Z
By the mid-20th century, cycling in Britain was a distant and slightly doddery relative to the professional sport typified by the Tour de France. British Tour success 57 years on 2012-07-17T10:39:05Z
An often-cited study from the '90s found that listeners tended to rate an older voice as "doddery," "vague," and "rambling," while giving more credibility to the same words from a younger speaker. New treatments keep the aging voice spry 2012-04-04T21:53:04Z
The multiplex was rotten with franchises all summer, as usual, most of them more doddery than they used to be. The Hangover II, Final Destination 5: will the summer of sequels never end? 2011-08-26T23:07:00Z
This supported his defense—but also showed that he is much too doddery to run a major corporation. Rupe?s Hacks Dodge Flak 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z
Electronic beats and sometimes more traditional instruments are then blended with retro-sounding beeps and bleeps from the doddery hardware. Meet the chip punks 2011-03-18T02:50:27Z
The next Facebook is increasingly likely to be founded in India or Indonesia rather than middle-aged America or doddery old Europe. Schumpeter: The other demographic dividend 2010-10-07T11:04:00Z
It gives the fundamental maternal instinct in their bosoms full scope without embarrassing them with either a puling infant or a doddery prodigal. Captain Macedoine's Daughter
The great man is pretty old and doddery, wears spectacles about an inch thick, and a large collection of decorations. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
But when he got on his feet he was as doddery as an old man. Mr. Standfast
As I got nearer to the microphone, they'd hear this doddery voice going 'Do do do… do do do.' Any Coincidence Is
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