Example Sentences
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Tumbled around were the ruins of a city approximately eight miles in diameter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tumbled heaps of broken tiles and stones stood more than knee high in the street that Dustfinger chose.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Tumbled shelves of rock often overhung the trail, fringed with hanging icicles that looked like long white teeth from a distance.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Tumbled out upon the floor were several ancient garments, including a suit of quite unwearable oilskins, and with them at least a wheelbarrow load of bricks!
From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.
Oh, and how he spread himself, like a child whom no one heeds, Tumbled chuckling in the brook, all sleek and kind and cool!
From Anthology of Massachusetts Poets by Braithwaite, William Stanley
