Fumbling

"Fumbling" in a Sentence (11 examples)

After dropping a curtsey, she stood blinking at us with her bleared eyes and fumbling in her pocket with nervous, shaky fingers.

He stood in the centre of the room fumbling nervously with his hat and uncertain what to do.

Stop fumbling around with the car keys and open the door.

After a bit of fumbling, I found the right key.

Tom is always fumbling his words, always changing what he's saying midway.

"You were fumbling about until late last night, weren't you? What time did you go to bed?" "Five o'clock. It's because I was playing mahjong the day before. I went to sleep at dawn and got up at 5 in the evening. I couldn't sleep during the night." "I see. So going to sleep with the rising sun and waking with the setting sun. Something you'd only find a university student doing."

He stood at the vending machine, fumbling for change.

She stood fumbling for change.

Matthew reached into his bag and started fumbling about.

Igor was fumbling about in the dark.

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From the beginning her mini-campaign, with its many missteps and fumblings, seem mired in confusion.

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