stumble across

Example Sentences

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The communal misery was intense if you happened to stumble across some sad pool of it.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

Remarkably few of these old-world venues remain in circulation — there are only a handful in America — although they are much revered in Europe, where it is much more common to stumble across one.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

Come May in Seattle, you can’t help but stumble across flowers bursting out of every yard.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024

At one point, when asked if he brought classified material from the West Wing or Naval Observatory to his lake house in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden quipped about what someone in the home might stumble across:

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2024

They’d be well hidden here, but if monsters did stumble across them, they would have no warning.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan