stumble
verb (used without object)
to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
am stumbling
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present progressiveof stumble (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, I am stumbling blindly along winding paths of loss and sorrow.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Then I am stumbling blindly after Cato with no thought of anything but to save myself.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
How oft the thought occurs When I am stumbling on the paths, beset with briars and burrs!
From The Path to Home by Guest, Edgar A. (Edgar Albert)
But here I am, stumbling about among folks, and can't tell a Ph.D. from an A.B.
From Reveries of a Schoolmaster by Pearson, Francis B.
Now I can think as once my father thought, If tales of him are not untruly told-- Tales that were ne'er so credible as now, When I am stumbling where my father fell.
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
