fumble
verb (used without object)
to feel or grope about clumsily.
have been fumbling
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present perfect progressiveof fumble.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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They are a team renowned for exquisite discipline in the field and with the ball, but have been fumbling catches, gifting extras and buckling under England's pressure.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2023
So far, the scholars admit, their efforts have been fumbling, and a good many of the experts are still hard put to say just exactly what human relations is.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, am not I a friend, then, to help thee out? you would have been fumbling half an hour for this excuse.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott
