tripping over
Example Sentences
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If they were handing out medals for not tripping over Mick Jagger, I should probably win gold.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
She became worried about dementia when she noticed her short-term memory fading and that she was dropping things and tripping over her own feet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
I kept tripping over a man carrying a large wooden cross.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024
Archibald, 30, broke two bones in her leg and tore ligaments off the bone after tripping over a step in her garden in June.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024
He slung the tarp of goods up over his shoulder and took the boy’s hand and they went on, tramping in the sand like parade horses against tripping over some piece of driftwood or seawrack.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
