bumble

Example Sentences

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In the play, two minor characters from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” bumble about, confused about their role in the prince’s drama, and wander into existential discussions about the search for meaning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

When, in the farcical, action-oriented second half, some attempt to execute a … plot, they bumble and argue and push each other to the front.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025

Despite all the heavy talk, the film is peppered with moments of levity - the director occasionally cuts away abruptly from tough conversations to run footage of soothing shorelines and bumble bees on flowers.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2024

The scientists discovered that moths had pollen from ____________ plant types than the honey and bumble bees did.

From NewsForKids.net • May 13, 2024

There was the sound like a great matted yellow hive of bees within a dark bellows, the lazy bumble of a purring lion.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury