Example Sentences

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“The lingo you’re saying is tripping me up,” Weber said, asking for clarification several times on what exactly the group would be studying and whether it would be randomized controlled trials or relying on anecdotes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Boebert is tripping across that impossible expectation, of course.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2023

"The leading cause of head trauma is tripping and falling, the most dangerous environment where that is probably going to happen is the home," Hoge told Fox News.

From Fox News • Feb. 11, 2022

McVay, the coach nearly every team is tripping over itself to emulate, said he’d be happy for them to be “stuck” together for a long time.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

She points to a gay mountaineer, who is tripping up to her merrily.

From Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron