tumble
verb (used without object)
to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong.
will be tumbling
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future progressiveof tumble.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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On Sunday, when team qualifying takes place, they will be tumbling and twisting and flying toward medals at the Olympic Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
Right now, the young salmon will be tumbling from these river mouths, bound for their feeding grounds, untethering from the land and hurling themselves into another world, one that is saline and entirely without boundary.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2018
“Should the wind shift, we shall have to run for it, or the burning trees will be tumbling down upon us and our canoe, and we shall be very foolish to be thus caught.”
From Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory by Little, Norman
"The house will be tumbling on you in ten minutes!"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
“It is to be hoped no sea will be after getting up, or all our fine work will be tumbling to pieces entirely,” observed Pat, as he surveyed what we had done.
From Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea by Webb, Archibald
