Explore Stumbled through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Stumbled meaning
simple past and past participle of stumble
Using Stumbled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of stumble
- In the example corpus, stumbled often appears in combinations such as: stumbled upon, stumbled across, she stumbled.
Context around Stumbled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stumbled
- In this selection, "stumbled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, recently, characters, family, upon, upwards and causing stand out and add context to how "stumbled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after charlestown stumbled at lambton and as they stumbled to 114. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stumbled" sits close to words such as airpods, asthma and brittany, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stumbled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But in the latter years of his career, Mr. Lee stumbled. (11 words)
He stumbled upon Stu Saddoris, and couldn’t believe the similarity. (11 words)
He had stumbled upon a form of clean energy that is steeply ramping up. (14 words)
And while I was rewatching some of the classics, I stumbled upon a bunch of the kids who became famous on those shows as well as going viral on YouTube or other parts of social media. (36 words)
Chasing 371 for victory at Lord's, England had their top-order ripped apart by Aussie pace duo Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins as they stumbled to 114-4 at the close of day four. (35 words)
As darkness began to fall on the magical day inside the Orlando-based amusement park, this close-knit family stumbled upon the last attraction – “The Hall of Presidents” – of our fun and exciting adventure. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
A homeowner was left baffled when she stumbled on a series of 50-year-old wine bottles stashed underneath her home.
Amidst the festive charm of quaint small towns, the female characters stumbled upon unexpected romance.
And alongside a revitalised in the middle of the park, it’s just possible that Spurs have stumbled upon a combination to steady the ship following Harry Kane’s £104million departure.
And while I was rewatching some of the classics, I stumbled upon a bunch of the kids who became famous on those shows as well as going viral on YouTube or other parts of social media.
A one percent, although reports it has later stumbled upwards to hit the giddy heights of two percent.
A Reddit user named Govika recently stumbled upon a bizarre inconsistency in one of 's weapon descriptions, which has left players scratching their heads.
As darkness began to fall on the magical day inside the Orlando-based amusement park, this close-knit family stumbled upon the last attraction – “The Hall of Presidents” – of our fun and exciting adventure.
A win would have had the Magpies in pole position to claim back-to-back premierships after Charlestown stumbled at Lambton, losing 1-0.
Best Buy has stumbled and bumbled trying to put up a fight against Amazon for years.
But in the latter years of his career, Mr. Lee stumbled.
But it should not appear surprising on either, where I stumbled upon the profile of this person, whose condition of her match being a “Gaur Brahmin boy” seemed non-negotiable.
But moments later, he lost balance and stumbled, causing what would prove be a devastating fracture to his skull.
Chasing 371 for victory at Lord's, England had their top-order ripped apart by Aussie pace duo Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins as they stumbled to 114-4 at the close of day four.
City needed a win to cut Arsenal’s lead at the top to two after the Gunners stumbled at Everton on Saturday, but City could not get it.
Halfway through the solo, which was lovely, the girl stumbled over a few notes but bravely kept going.
He had stumbled upon a form of clean energy that is steeply ramping up.
He stumbled on a sandbag while handing out diplomas at a graduation ceremony for the US Air Force Academy.
He stumbled upon Stu Saddoris, and couldn’t believe the similarity.
However amongst longer-term certificates, the highest financial institution charges stumbled, with Seattle Financial institution lowering its 4-year and 5-year returns.
However, I recently stumbled upon an ink pen that seems to be the best of the best for any and all eyeliner lovers, especially beginners like me.
Common combinations with stumbled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- stumbled upon 57×
- stumbled across 23×
- she stumbled 15×
- he stumbled 15×
- stumbled into 15×
- have stumbled 14×
- had stumbled 13×
- stumbled on 12×
- stumbled and 10×
- and stumbled 10×