fumbling
present participle offumble
| 单词 | fumbling |
| 释义 | fumbling present participle offumble fumble verb uk/ˈfʌm.bəl/us/ˈfʌm.bəl/fumbleverb(DO STH AWKWARDLY)[Iusually+ adv/prep] to do somethingawkwardly,especiallywhen usingyourhands: I fumbledwiththelock. He fumbledinhispocketsforsomechange. She fumbledaround/aboutin herhandbag,lookingfor herkey. They fumbledaround/about(=movedawkwardly)in thedark,tryingtofindtheirway out of thecinema. Inability and awkwardness
fumbleverb(SPORT)[I,T] insport, tofailtocatchaball: If Wilson hadn't fumbled thatcatch, we might havewonthematch. Failing and doing badly
fumbleverb(THINK OF A WORD)[Iusually+ adv/prep] to havedifficultysaying orthinkingofsuitablewords: I was fumblingfortherightword. Experiencing difficulties
Examplesoffumblingfumbling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is the people themselves, subject to the hopeful,fumbling, imperfect workings of democracy, who are fully responsible for their own defence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Its members are at sixes and sevens and theirfumblingattempts to paper over the cracks deceive no one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I once spent five minutesfumblingabout in the dark trying to release myself from the seat belt of my daughter's car. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We all subscribe to those objectives in our own pragmatic, rather tentative and perhaps hesitant andfumblingrule-of-thumb manner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The attempts by the local education authority to remove surplus places have been met by prevarication,fumblinginefficiency, and totally unwarranted and costly delay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Anything that will assist the war effort will command my immediate support, and there will be no hesitation orfumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I must admit that we arefumblingin the dark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have endured now for nearly seven years a policy offumblingfingers and faltering feet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They were able to slip away from that because of a littlefumblingabout the report. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We had a shambling,fumbling, largely irrelevant and, at one point, degrading speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One stands for a long time at the window and watches the chapfumblingfor change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The others end up whistling in the wind,fumblingin the dark, or whatever metaphor one wants to use. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been only afumblingtowards any kind of energy policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They feel that there has been blundering andfumblingin the handling of this incident. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a generation impatient of the mumblings and bumblings and fumblings of what has too often passed for statesmanship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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