has bungled
- present perfect of bungle (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Her claims have triggered demonstrations, promises to tighten the law and criticism that Chancellor Friedrich Merz has bungled his response.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
Referring to the stopgap measure, Cole added, “Perhaps what is most frustrating has been the way in which the majority has bungled reaching a relatively simple deal on this particular continuing resolution.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
He has bungled oft-repeated lines, saying “truth over facts” rather than truth over lies.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2019
Yet as Saudi Arabia has bungled its response to the killing — denying it for weeks, then calling it an accident, and later acknowledging evidence of premeditation — Mr. Erdogan’s posture has hardened.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2018
The commonplace scene-shifter who places behind people the scenery of real life has bungled Sir Henry, thereby robbing him of much interest.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus
