STUMBLE in a Sentence
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103 example sentences for STUMBLE, such as:
1. A stumble may prevent a fall.
2. On little donkey, patiently stumble.
3. A horse stumbles that has four legs.
4. He stumbled over Luke's prostrate body.
5. She caught her foot on the threshold and stumbled.
2. On little donkey, patiently stumble.
3. A horse stumbles that has four legs.
4. He stumbled over Luke's prostrate body.
5. She caught her foot on the threshold and stumbled.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of STUMBLE
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stumble
v. miss a step and fall or nearly fall
n. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Classic Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
1 She must put her mother out of her mind now, else she would stumble stupidly like Gerald or sob monotonously like Wade.
2 It had a careless look, as if it were meant for the uses of the public; so, entering, the first thing I did was to stumble over an ash-box in the porch.
3 To dress in the dark, and eat in the dark, and stumble in darkness to his pallet, this is his usual lot.
4 It was past in a moment, and I listened again, and heard the footstep stumble in coming on.
5 Whether it was that she had heard his words, or that she did not want to hear them, she made a sort of stumble, twice struck out, and hurriedly skated away from him.
6 On little donkey, patiently stumble.
7 Yes; and he do contrive to stumble upon her whenever she walks out on fine days with the chiel.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 3 The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 3 The Serious Discourse of Clym with His Cousin
8 I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England.
9 I stumble on an idea once a fortnight if I am lucky.
10 As he went further from the bench and the young girl, and while his back was turned to her, he fancied that she was gazing after him, and that made him stumble.
11 Half-way up the slope Mattie stumbled against some unseen obstruction and clutched his sleeve to steady herself.
12 Once in the house, Scarlett stumbled up the stairs to her bedroom and, clutching her Rosary from the table, dropped to her knees and tried to pray.
13 Hardly had he finished the first lines when two other voices, drunken voices, assailed him, enraged foolish voices that stumbled over words and blurred them together.
14 At this realization it was as though chains fell away from her and with them the fear which had haunted her dreams since the night she stumbled to Tara to find the world ended.
15 Lily could remember when young Silverton had stumbled into their circle, with the air of a strayed Arcadian who has published charming sonnets in his college journal.
Example Sentence:
1 I did the same thing except with a Bunker Buster, but the shock wave made me stumble and made me look like a clumsy loser.
2 They crowded together and didn't care to sob or stumble: the confusion was inextricable.
3 A stumble may prevent a fall.
4 He stumbled over Luke's prostrate body.
5 She caught her foot on the threshold and stumbled.
6 I stumbled across an extremely simple but very exact method for understanding where my money went.
7 We saw the huge pit gape before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in.
8 She nearly fell down by stumbling over my stretched leg.
9 Perhaps the major stumbling block to reunification is the military presence in South Korea.
10 A horse stumbles that has four legs.
11 It is a good horse that never stumbles; and a good wife that never grumbles.