Examples of flub in a Sentence
Verb
The ball went right to him but he flubbed the catch.
The actress flubbed several lines.
Noun
when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it
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Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
With so many movie and TV stars being thrown into a sketch cold, too many opening lines were flubbed, and a handful of punchlines were fumbled.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
Jasmine Browley, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Emma Stone, Oprah work out flubs at Oscar rehearsal: 'This isn't really real' What makes the perfect GlamBOT?
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Pop star Fergie, an actual professional singer, flubbed it.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
With so many movie and TV stars being thrown into a sketch cold, too many opening lines were flubbed, and a handful of punchlines were fumbled.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
Recent flubs committed by influencers selected to lead high-profile interviews have left many onlookers asking, where are the journalists?
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Emma Stone, Oprah work out flubs at Oscar rehearsal: 'This isn't really real' What makes the perfect GlamBOT?
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Flub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flub. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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