Sentence examples for been stumbled from inspiring English sources

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been stumbled

noun

A fall, trip or substantial misstep.

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"What are the chances of you stumbling on something that's never been stumbled on?" Luhnow said.

Confronting – bombarding, even – children with images that many parents would ban them from viewing if they'd been stumbled across randomly on the internet, strikes me as laughably hypocritical.

The piece is a series of lyrical statements and questions that Walker asked herself: "I'm not an Other in some eyes / I think / and yet a black woman-artist-philosopher has a / calling card to announce when she has been stumbled upon / injured, ignored by the elite / over whom she strives to soar".

The town, known as Goverthing — which strangely has never appeared on any New York City historical maps or been noted by a single historian — is said to have been stumbled upon during recent demolition work on the island, which New York City and New York State have jointly controlled since 2003, seeking to develop it as a recreational, historic and artistic destination.

(A page that's been "stumbled" means that a Stumbler found it useful and gave it a Digg-like thumbs up).

Also the toolbar, like before, shows a little StumbleUpon icon on Google search results next to links that have been Stumbled.

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I've been stumbling along fairly successfully".

Mum had been stumbling and tripped over.

Mr. Cain has been stumbling for two weeks.

Financial reform, which had been stumbling along, suddenly got traction.

There have been stumbling blocks along the way.

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