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Grammar : Verb
Spell : stuhm-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstʌm bəl



Definition of stumble

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to trip or miss one's footing" (physically or morally), probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Norwegian stumla, Swedish stambla "to stumble"), probably from a variant of the Proto-Germanic base *stam-, source of Old English stamerian "to stammer," German stumm "dumb, silent." Possibly influenced in form by stumpen "to stumble," but the -b- may be purely euphonious. Meaning "to come (upon) by chance" is attested from 1550s. Stumbling-block first recorded 1526, used in Rom. xiv:13 to translate Greek skandalon.
  • verb slip, stagger
  • verb happen upon
Example sentences :
  • It would be a stroke of luck if I could stumble on one of his hiding places!
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Mr Vladimir did not stumble, did not stagger back, did not change his stride.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Within the bounds of possibility, their turn to stumble might now be imminent.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • There is no stumble in you, for you have done a great deed, and the Red Gods are smiling.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • I should stumble and fall over the smallest pebble in the path.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • “I got in from the west just in time to stumble on that gang of rats,” he flared.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • He should have upheld her so that she did not stumble over these pitfalls of the earth.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • So that they cannot endure this stone, and they stumble against it.
  • Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther
  • For a world that at the first check or stumble will overwhelm me with slanders.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • She was far too subtle and wary to stumble into such a pitfall as that.
  • Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott

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