- present participle of stumble.
stumbling
Example Sentences
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Uber’s new Kenyan safari business is stumbling as local guides push back against the idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
There has been a wave of criticism in Germany after the town of Heidenau, near Dresden in Saxony, decided to ban "stumbling stone" memorials to victims of the Nazis.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The 10-year Treasury yield hit 5% last week, a level that’s been a stumbling point for stocks in the past.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
If “Backrooms” was all about stumbling onto a place humans aren’t supposed to go, “Chronovisor” puts us exactly where we need to be.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
They were always getting scratched by cats, or cutting themselves shaving, or stumbling over footstools in the dark—reasonable explanations, certainly, but for sedentary people they had an odd excess of bruises and small wounds.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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