fumble
verb (used without object)
to feel or grope about clumsily.
was fumbling
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past progressiveof fumble.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The 3D tracking software showed the animals tended to wag their tails more on the right side of their bodies when the researcher was fumbling.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2022
He was fumbling in a foreign environment, unable to understand why the Launchpad had so few clients and why everyone was so hostile.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
Officials told the BBC that this rattled Mr Adityanath enough that he was fumbling for a solution.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2017
“Press that white button! This right here,” the former secretary of state instructed a technologically deficient fan in New Hampshire who was fumbling to work an iPhone camera.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2015
She was fumbling with the straps of Crookshanks’s basket as she spoke.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
