stumbling

Example Sentences

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There’s the kind of choosing to be a liberal and then stumbling into it.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

This year's summit could hit any number of stumbling blocks.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Instead of being a stumbling block for the EU and Ukraine, Magyar has pledged to seek more cordial ties with Brussels and Kyiv.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

When a character speaks English, an accent is employed and the manner is often a bit stumbling.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 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