tripping over

Example Sentences

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She became worried about dementia when she noticed her short-term memory fading and that she was dropping things and tripping over her own feet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

And then it wasn’t, with the Kings once again tripping over a familiar hurdle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

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

There was a ladder leaning up against the garage, and Frank’s warning came just in time to save Joe from tripping over it.

From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon