Example Sentences

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So drivers from Spokane, Washington, were fumbling with paper maps, trying to figure out the bus routes on the first week of school.

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2023

“They didn’t know what to say. Then, when they were fumbling for words, he turned to me and said, ‘and you, Lloyd, why would you give your talents to this?’

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2018

The Financial Times then reported in February that hundreds of iPhone X users were taking to online forums to complain that their high-tech handsets were fumbling incoming calls, a glitch that Apple pledged to investigate.

From Slate • May 1, 2018

Through our research, we found that consumers with failing eyesight and reduced dexterity were fumbling during this task.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2012

And when the LEP officers were switching weapons, right at that moment when their hands were fumbling with holsters, that’s when the Mud Man spoke.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer