stumbling
Example Sentences
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Stumbling on an odd manuscript in a friend’s library one rainy afternoon, Henry promptly passes the narrative baton to a Calcutta-based surgeon named Z.Z.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023
Stumbling: Of course you want your fiancee to stand up for you!
From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2023
Stumbling in the short program, he was out of medal contention even before the free skate.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022
Stumbling over your notes and reminiscing about a visit to Peppa Pig World isn't how most speeches go but the prime minister's latest one did.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2021
Stumbling past us between two soldiers, hatless and coatless, came Pickwick.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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