How to Use bumbling in a Sentence

bumbling

adjective

• The bumbling group from Texas found that to be true as well.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 2 Jan. 2020
• The Rams did just enough to beat a bumbling Giants team that fell to 5-11.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• How can the same guy embody both a stoic hero and this bumbling clown?
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
• Mr Johnson is the favourite, but his bumbling style seems odd at a time of crisis.
  — The Economist, 29 June 2019
• At the moment, with an 11th-hour push to try to keep its teams, the District certainly looks bumbling.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• The murder itself seemed like such a bumbling bunch of mistakes.
  — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2019
• As always, Gromit plays detective and action hero while the bumbling Wallace is just lucky to be along for the ride.
  — Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
• And the Saviors without Negan are, thus far, a fairly bumbling lot.
  — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.
  — Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• Cleveland Clowns: Rest assured that whichever quarterback the bumbling Browns take will be the wrong one.
  — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• Gideon Lichfield: Or any of these other big moonshot—I'm bumbling.
  — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 21 June 2023
• Pegg plays a cop on the trail of a serial killer beheading the people of a quiet English town; Frost, his bumbling sidekick.
  — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Oct. 2018
• Remy goes on to secretly join forces with a bumbling young chef to cook at the acclaimed (but, alas, fictional) restaurant Gusteau’s.
  — Vogue, 17 July 2023
• Rex’s colleagues include a lead detective who changes every three to four seasons; an earnest deputy; and a bumbling third guy who stays at the station.
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• As a journalist and frequent talk show guest before that, he was seen by many critics as using a bumbling demeanor to mask a loose grip on facts.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2018
• Beyond competing in the digital world, the bumbling billionaires are said to also be gearing up to duke it out in a cage match.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 6 July 2023
• But there is something to be said for winning, regardless of how many mistakes a team makes against a bumbling opponent.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• The creature turns out to be a child trying to find her way home, and she's being pursued by pleasantly bumbling agents from the Ministry of Alien Detection.
  — Danny Horn, EW.com, 20 July 2024
• And here’s where my bumbling could actually pay off — the fingers shouldn’t be perfectly shaped.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
• Vic is gruff and bumbling and often appears almost literally as a bull in a china shop.
  — Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2019
• This show about a soccer football team and its bumbling yet positive American coach has been a monster hit for AppleTV+.
  — Vulture, 26 May 2023
• The comedy follows four young lovers and a bumbling band of players in an enchanted forest realm of fairies and moonlight revels.
  — The Courier-Journal, 2 June 2023
• Johnson ended up appearing six more times, honing his bumbling persona in the process.
  — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
• Another source of joy was her co-star, Bellucci, who plays the elegant and graceful foil to her bumbling misfit.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2023
• Left alone at Christmas time, a plucky youngster uses his creativity and wit to stave off two bumbling burglars.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
• But the Republicans’ silence says more than their bumbling words ever could: There is no coherent case to be made in Trump’s defense, so the best response is none at all.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2019
• But the season began with a bumbling loss to Wyoming and never really got on track, and the Tigers were forced to beat Arkansas just to become bowl-eligible.
  — Dave Skretta, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2019
• Mal stalls them at the door with this Lt. Columbo act, playing dumb, acting so amiable and lovable and bumbling, but really determined to keep them out.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2023
• The film is carried along by a slow, sickening undertow of suspense, made even more acute by Ernest’s bumbling attempts to hire hitmen competent enough to do the job.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
• While the film wasn't a huge critical or commercial success, Dunaway's over-the-top performance as a sultry and stylish — if slightly bumbling — witch still has its fans.
  — John Russell, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024