tumbled

Example Sentences

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Tumbled around were the ruins of a city approximately eight miles in diameter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tumbled shelves of rock often overhung the trail, fringed with hanging icicles that looked like long white teeth from a distance.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Tumbled heaps of broken tiles and stones stood more than knee high in the street that Dustfinger chose.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

"Tumbled off the platform?" echoed the boys in great surprise.

From Tabitha's Vacation by Brown, Ruth Alberta

And by this time, to tell truth, I was heartily sick of being Tossed and Tumbled about by the Waves.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus