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Meanings of fumbling in English
Synonyms
Examples for "clumsy"
Examples for "clumsy"
1
The top bolt was within easy reach of his clumsy right paw.
2
It was the crisis, and into it Mollie intruded with clumsy tread.
3
Its confusion rendered it clumsy; and the mistake cost it its life.
4
My work boots felt way too clumsy with their thick rubber soles.
5
For a moment Powell yearned to blast this well-meaning clumsy young normal.
1
You simply can't trust this incompetent Tory-led government with the nation's forests.
2
I am therefore, of course, as John affirmed, a very incompetent biographer.
3
Many Britons regard the EU as an incompetent, spendthrift source of bureaucracy.
4
Thus far in our index, Swansea have not done anything incompetent whatsoever.
5
He is very proud and quite incompetent, which is a dangerous combination.
1
One of the world's richest countries, they said, was bungling its response.
2
Republican and Democratic lawmakers condemned the IRS for bungling the review process.
3
But English cricket has a history of unfathomable decisions and bungling administrators.
4
She was built of planks sewn together in a very bungling manner.
5
They did a bungling bit of work, and the cylinders have overheated.
Usage of fumbling in English
1
Finally, after a good deal of fumbling about she approached the proprietor.
2
Is Labour fumbling the political football when it comes to Maori voters?
3
In his confused fumbling for a name he'd almost said Starship Enterprise.
4
For a moment I thought he was just fumbling the bottleback sushi.
5
It's often an embarrassing, fumbling-in-the-dark experience or a bit of an anti-climax.
6
He paused and began fumbling in a large locker under the companion-steps.
7
And look at this one, she said, fumbling to find another photo.
8
Half mechanically he was fumbling in the side pocket of his coat.
9
She was fumbling at a package in the bosom of her dress.
10
I just remember him fumbling in my pockets before he hoofed it.
11
Then the fumbling noise began to die away: the men were passing.
12
And the man was already fumbling in his left pocket for them.
13
Ellis was already fumbling in his pockets, keeping count of the strokes.
14
Let me go. She was fumbling with the fastenings of the door.
15
He was fumbling with the pocket of the skirt as he ran.
16
She started nervously at the sound of a fumbling at the latch.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Fumbling through the time
Fumbling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common