Sentence examples for without tumbling from inspiring English sources

The best state was a high fret, distrusting one's faith incessantly without tumbling into actual despair.

The scene is convivial without tumbling into the kind of tawdriness that sometimes infects Wildwood and Seaside Heights, farther south.

The room is oblong, with a striking pale blue arched ceiling that hints at classical architecture without tumbling into kitsch or self-parody.

But if the economy slows sharply, without tumbling into a traditional recession, maybe the Fed will not have to cut its target rate so much.

As an actor Mr. Oldham has appeared in the indie movies "Old Joy and Wendy and Lucycriticallycacclaimedaimed films that are about as far removed from the cultural grid as you can get without tumbling into the abyss.

Mr. Lepage's machine with its undulating movements too often interrupts or compromises our engagement with the drama, whether it is to note the body doubles being used in some sequences or to wonder if all of those Valkyries are going to slide down the slabs during their famous "ride" without tumbling off.

And the occasional flash of a brightly colored silk scarf, folded under a bodice, suggested the 1970s without ever tumbling into retro.

Critics of such pre-emptive attacks say their advocates ignore, among other things, that Iran is having trouble keeping its missile bases from blowing up and that North Korea cannot seem to get a big rocket off the ground without it tumbling out of control.

You can't do a back handspring without a tumbling teacher.

Arrests by the U.S. Border Patrol along the southwestern frontier, a common gauge of how many people try to cross without papers, tumbled to 304,755 during the 11 months ended in August, extending a nearly steady drop since a peak of 1.6 million in 2000.

For my daughter's second birthday, we bought a child-sized couch to provide a safe place for her our tiny, fragile girl to climb without the risk of tumbling from the regular couch to the floor.