blunder
noun
a gross, stupid, or careless mistake.
had been blundering
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past perfect progressiveof blunder.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Men lost were no longer counted by the thousands but by the hundred thousands; there had been blundering, betrayal, and corruption during the entire progress of the war.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
It's as if everybody, the world and the flesh and the Whole Family, had been blundering round and setting their feet down as near as they could to a flower.
From The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
It had just dawned on his consciousness that he had been blundering frightfully, and his mind stood still for a moment, as a man halts suddenly, when he finds himself in a totally wrong road.
From Mercy Philbrick's Choice by Helen Hunt Jackson
She saw it all at a glance, and realised that Martin had been blundering on, in pure ignorance and pure love, all these weary weeks.
From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts
