Sentence examples for stumble behind from inspiring English sources

A best-selling book by a prominent economist, Lester Thurow, reflected a widely held view that the United States would continue to stumble behind a vigorous Japanese economy and a unified Europe.

As I stumble behind her, I feel a little like one of the blundering hysterics in "The Blair Witch Project," flashing my puny green beam over clumps of bark and grass, but Katie seems to have preternatural night vision.

Salmoni is in his 70's; his climb is light as a gazelle's while she stumbles behind, winded.

By comparison, Chu says, America invented many of the world's green technologies, but has dramatically stumbled behind, as rival countries have caught up, and in some instances, surpassed our efforts.

Rest assured we'll get there eventually, but over the next two decades, when some countries are bounding forwards into an exciting new age, Ireland will be limping and stumbling behind, and this ultimately is the biggest shame of all.

She lunged forward on her leash, Maldonado stumbling behind.

Our 1 ½-year-old son, Apollo, stabbed his pudgy finger toward the mountains and blurted: "Waz zat?" The next thing I knew I was in the middle of a tropical rain forest dripping with vines and literally crawling with snakes, stumbling behind Monique, our indefatigable guide, in search of the animal responsible for the noise — the elusive Indri indri lemur.