Example Sentences

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Michael McCourt’s pub is also known as the King Bruce Tavern but most patrons this week had not heard of Edward, or had jumbled facts.

From The Guardian • Nov. 2, 2018

Dad had jumbled my internal clock, thanks to our late-night marathon of Doctor Who—my favorite episodes with the brilliant and brave Martha Jones.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

“Oh, gracious! What shall I say?” cried Sallie, as Fred ended his rigmarole, in which he had jumbled together pell-mell nautical phrases and facts out of one of his favorite books.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

"Oh, gracious! what shall I say?" cried Sallie, as Fred ended his rigmarole, in which he had jumbled together, pell-mell, nautical phrases and facts, out of one of his favorite books.

From Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Alcott, Louisa May

The men round the fire the night before in the cow-camp, the men of "the bunco game" had stacked cards and played trump; but unfortunately, they had jumbled the white-vested fighter's orders about the boy.

From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)