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Vocabulary Entry
fumbling
|verb • adjective • noun
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V
verb
moving or handling something awkwardly, clumsily, or without confidence
Example Sentences
"He kept fumbling with the keys."
"She was fumbling for her phone in the dark."
"I fumbled through the presentation."
A
adjective
done in a clumsy or awkward way; lacking smoothness or confidence
Example Sentences
"Her fumbling attempt made everyone nervous."
"He gave a fumbling apology."
"The actor made a fumbling entrance."
N
noun
an awkward or clumsy attempt to do something
Example Sentences
"His fumbling cost the team a goal."
"The search was a fumbling for the right answer."
"There was a lot of fumbling in the dark."