flubbed

Example Sentences

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“You mean to tell me that Jerry Garcia or Bob Weir or Phil Lesh, the other vocalists in the band, were technically perfect vocalists who never flubbed a line?” he asked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Iamealeava stays after practice to correct throws he flubbed, repeating them each at least five times.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

I was grateful for Richard when I began doing another exercise video on repeat, one led by a frigid ballerina who never flubbed or joked.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

Aliyah Alpert, who finished ninth in 2022, missed the bee entirely last year because she flubbed the word “recoup” in the Yavapai County spelling bee in her home state of Arizona.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

The most likely person to want to remind me of that day wouldn’t be a fellow operator, or even the commanding officer whose orders I flubbed.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse