bumbling

Example Sentences

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Lise has run-ins with other passengers aboard her flight and, once at her destination, befriends a bumbling, dotty widow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Why you should see it: You won’t get a bigger laugh than whatever Anna Faris and Regina Hall have planned for their bumbling characters, Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

He says he feels like he's the "bumbling buffoon" in the "walled garden that is traditional publishing" and that he's committed a kind of "literary heist".

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

The nice ladies who run it take pity when you, the bumbling visitor, spill an entire café con leche all over yourself and the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

On the stairs there were bumbling uncertain footsteps and through the door came Mack.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck