tripping over

Example Sentences

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Sonny finds himself tripping over his ineptitude and tangled up in conflicting sympathies—he’s almost as anxious as his hostages, whom he treats with an apologetic kindliness, almost like a party crasher who’s broken a vase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

If they were handing out medals for not tripping over Mick Jagger, I should probably win gold.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

I kept tripping over a man carrying a large wooden cross.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

After tripping over the third-to-last barrier, the 23-year-old was quickly attended to by medical staff and had a neck brace fitted before being carried off the track on a stretcher.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

She was by far the smallest human, and because of her distraction, she did not so much walk forward as stumble, tripping over the uneven earth.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman