stumbling
Example Sentences
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There’s the kind of choosing to be a liberal and then stumbling into it.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
“The state bar case was once a stumbling block, but today it is a stepping stone,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
This year's summit could hit any number of stumbling blocks.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Instead of being a stumbling block for the EU and Ukraine, Magyar has pledged to seek more cordial ties with Brussels and Kyiv.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
Dispirited and battleworn, carrying their fallen leader, the maimed and wounded hobbled painfully along at the rear, the bitter ashes of vanquishment and defeat mingling with the dust from their stumbling vanguard.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
