Example Sentences

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Chris’ real-life social interactions are fumbling and uninformed, unlike his online chatting, which is bolstered by furious Google and Facebook searches, trolling personal pages for clues.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2024

Where Bob and Betty are fumbling through dinner, Bernie and Helen, one of the other couples at the dinner, are floating through the evening with ease because they have a handle on what’s socially acceptable.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2023

They are fumbling to translate policies around decorum, civil speech and personal expression into the world of social media, where the line between public and private communication is fuzzy at best.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2021

Once every surface of every leaf is covered – inexpert tourist fingers are fumbling and slow – the leaves are folded back till the finished cabbages lie like so many swaddled babies.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2018

“Well, I’m looking; but it’s too dark to see what you are fumbling over.”

From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Piffard, Harold