bumbling

Example Sentences

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In its long, bumbling quest to return to the summit of the sport it invented, England has invested billions to build a squad capable of lifting the World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

"The island would not be the same without him. He's still bumbling, still a wee bit getting the wrong end of the stick quite a lot."

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

When attached to a character, indeterminacy manifests itself as confusion, and the novel mines a lot of humor from the bumbling of its poet-antihero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Even George W. Bush — the bumbling boardwalk caricature that he is — could deliver a State of the Union address without going off-prompter.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

I wonder if I’ll ever not be bumbling and weird around Phil.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed