- present participle of fumble.
fumbling
Example Sentences
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"And, of course, the key to solving a problem is to understand why it's gone wrong. Otherwise, you're just fumbling in the dark."
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
As I followed a patrol of federal agents around New York City’s Chinatown during their fumbling attempted raid in mid-October last year, I noticed something curious.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2026
In the previously uncollected poems we find Heaney working out forms, responding to social occasions, sometimes fumbling or biding his time but always doing the digging with his pen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
What a play. @king21_rich takes the int to the house after almost fumbling Orange Lutheran had PAT blocked to keep score at 20-13.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
“Morning,” said Phoebe, peering through the silk curtains of her bed and fumbling for her spectacles.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
