- present participle of blunder.
blundering
Example Sentences
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He thanked his team and family before blundering into acknowledging the prime minister in the Royal Box.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
At the 1994 tournament in Linares, Spain, Mr. Kasparov—as the camera later showed—made a blundering move, let go of the piece, changed his mind and moved it back.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
“It’s true that by blundering about we stumbled on gold, but the fact remains that we were looking for gold.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
Naive, blundering hobbyists and reckless pranksters can also veer into restricted airspace, setting off alarms and potentially shutting down airport traffic.
From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025
He liked to set things up, and had an abhorrence of blundering along without having considered the alternatives well in advance.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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