On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Fumbling. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as bungling or clumsy and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Fumbling meaning
present participle and gerund of fumble
Synonyms of Fumbling
Using Fumbling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of fumble
- Useful related words include: bungling, clumsy, incompetent, unskilled.
- In the example corpus, fumbling often appears in combinations such as: fumbling the, fumbling with, and fumbling.
Context around Fumbling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fumbling
- In this selection, "fumbling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, peterson, tagitagivalu, start, away, receivers and third stand out and add context to how "fumbling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amateur surgeons fumbling with organs and and then fumbling away a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fumbling" sits close to words such as aborigines, abreu and accommodates, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fumbling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In my fumbling confusion, I did not. (7 words)
It’s this fumbling courtship that’s mostly carried by his charisma. (12 words)
Lombardi is not concerned, saying fumbling hasn’t “been a historic issue” for Sutton. (14 words)
Yet, after a missed extra point on the Broncos' first touchdown that left them a point shy, the kicking unit once again bumbled, this time holder Riley Dixon fumbling a snap after the Williams’ touchdown, robbing the team of a point yet again. (43 words)
While Kendall is distracted fumbling around with the car, Andrew notices a deer in the middle of the road and grabs the steering wheel to avoid hitting it, causing them to swerve off the road and land headfirst in a lake. (41 words)
In the book, St. Cyr’s early, fumbling attempts at connecting with other trans women, and the painful struggle to see herself through a haze of disassociation, romantic uncertainty, and internalized transphobia, play out in the nameless city. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
But that’s everyone, you know, making sure running backs aren’t turning the ball over, fumbling, receivers aren’t fumbling.
Like Peterson fumbling away the Super Bowl and then fumbling away a win against the Seahags.
After a few hours of awkwardly chatting with Astarion, Shadowheart, Wyll, and Lae’zel and fumbling my way through early battles, something quietly clicks.
A lazy attempt to pick up the ball from a long Georgian kick has Tagitagivalu fumbling the ball forward.
Despite its fumbling, third-party Twitter clients managed to survive and even thrive, thanks to dedicated user bases, all while the company kept tweaking its API to make them less useful.
Efyo mulanda when you are in opposition…. like ba mbuli banenu, you will start fumbling as soon as you are sworn in. The only person who knew how to create jobs was our KK.
For the countdown die, two cones didn’t solve that fumbling problem, but three cones did.
Hands-free recording is perfect for capturing fleeting moments like fireworks displays or sunsets without haing to worry about setting up your iPhone correctly or fumbling with buttons while trying to record.
In my fumbling confusion, I did not.
In the book, St. Cyr’s early, fumbling attempts at connecting with other trans women, and the painful struggle to see herself through a haze of disassociation, romantic uncertainty, and internalized transphobia, play out in the nameless city.
It’s this fumbling courtship that’s mostly carried by his charisma.
Lombardi is not concerned, saying fumbling hasn’t “been a historic issue” for Sutton.
One of its most impressive qualities is how its episodes orchestrate moments of life-or-death spy craft, gut-busting gags, and familial warmth, all without ever fumbling into tonal weirdness.
Orange Lutheran running back Steve Chavez (5) scrambles for the football after fumbling on the very first play during their nonleague season opener against Serra of Gardena on Friday night at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa.
Our blunt banged lady in waiting fulfills this fumbling by meddling/bedding down with the villain to end all villains.
The crash happened at 1.25am on March 12 after Moore was seen fumbling around her car and hitting the vehicle in front while outside her boyfriend's home in Tranmere.
The dynamic-yet-clumsy motion input only adds to the yucks of this over-the-top romp, which has amateur "surgeons" fumbling with organs in bloody, cut-open bodies in first-person.
They’re the inexperienced new parents, fumbling and doing silly things and a little high-strung.
While Kendall is distracted fumbling around with the car, Andrew notices a deer in the middle of the road and grabs the steering wheel to avoid hitting it, causing them to swerve off the road and land headfirst in a lake.
Yet, after a missed extra point on the Broncos' first touchdown that left them a point shy, the kicking unit once again bumbled, this time holder Riley Dixon fumbling a snap after the Williams’ touchdown, robbing the team of a point yet again.
Common combinations with fumbling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- fumbling the 10×
- fumbling with 7×
- and fumbling 6×
- after fumbling 4×
- fumbling away 3×
- fumbling around 3×
- be fumbling 3×
- start fumbling 2×
- or fumbling 2×
- this fumbling 2×