Sentence examples for expected to stumble from inspiring English sources

Campbell never expected to stumble into politics.

There were other things to look at: narrow canals carrying reflections of pink-flowering cherries underplanted with fuchsia, yellow and white azaleas; a floriferous woodland where one expected to stumble upon Sleeping Beauty; and impressionistic bands of color made possible by every flowering bulb imaginable.

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On any given day you can expect to stumble across a crowd of banner-waving protesters.

LOS ANGELES — No one expects to stumble across a cache of Picasso's works in the middle of a desert.

You expect to stumble into an artist's grotto, cluttered with the debris of a creative genius at work.

You half expect to stumble across a lamp with Robin Williams in it, and therefore take extra care.

I kept expecting to stumble on a successful miner's new house or a night-club owner's comfortable, heated apartment.

I wasn't expecting to stumble upon a Barneys or Sephora, Lord knows; even a well-stocked stationery store would have done.

The society has always been a club — the type where you might expect to stumble upon Sherlock Holmes or G. K. Chesterton.

"We expected some light-hearted carousing appropriate to this time of year, but didn't expect to stumble upon these rabble-rousers and police in riot gear".