blundering

Example Sentences

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At the 1994 tournament in Linares, Spain, Mr. Kasparov—as the camera later showed—made a blundering move, let go of the piece, changed his mind and moved it back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Her hopes of justice were raised ahead of the court case in 2003, only to be let down by legal "blundering".

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

“It’s true that by blundering about we stumbled on gold, but the fact remains that we were looking for gold.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Naive, blundering hobbyists and reckless pranksters can also veer into restricted airspace, setting off alarms and potentially shutting down airport traffic.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

The night they turned on the new lights around the courthouse it waked them up and they were flying around and blundering into the lights all night long.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner