trip over

Example Sentences

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Wearing an eye mask fashioned out of a dollar bill with strategic holes cut in it, so as not to trip over Jeff Bezos, Paulson’s look dared to ask: “In this economy?”

From Salon • May 5, 2026

“I’d love to see art again and landscapes and the beauty of the world. And I’d like not to trip over curbs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The Clippers were coming off a four-game trip over eight days but refused to use that as an excuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

The seven-time champion told his team on the radio that he feared he had damaged his floor with a trip over the kerbs.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

Every time I turn around, I nearly trip over him.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell