Collocations for "stumbling"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stumbling" in context.
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stumble
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- stumble [on, over] a [crack, root, rock]
- stumble into [the wall, her, the room]
- stumble around the [yard, room]
- stumble down the [staircase, street]
- stumbled back to [his house, the party]
- stumbled [forwards, backwards]
- [accidentally, unintentionally, somehow] stumbled
- stumble and fall
- stumble through [life, the exam, the interview]
- stumble [across, upon] [the answer, a clue, a treasure]
- stumbled upon [a village, old ruins, a creek]
- after a [slight, small] stumble
- regained composure after a stumble
- kept [running, walking] [after, despite] the stumble
- caused a small stumble
- a [fracture, broken bone] from the stumble
- following a small verbal stumble
- a [career, journalistic, political] stumble