fumble
verb (used without object)
to feel or grope about clumsily.
has fumbled
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present perfectof fumble (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Part of what's causing the "panic for people", she says, is how the government has fumbled its response to the outbreak.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The commentariat also is advancing the narrative that Apple under Cook’s leadership has fumbled badly in its embrace of artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
The only two years during which Friedman has fumbled the deadline?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
It is an emotional issue, one that nearly every politician has fumbled and few of us understand.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2024
It is curious and amusing to look at life across time: man knows his detours: it is incredible how he has fumbled his way through the centuries.
From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett
