Use fumbled in a sentence
Sentences containing fumbled two or more times
- There was an awe-struck silence as the dying man fumbled, fumbled, over his breast, found his eye-glass, and, with a last feeble effort, raised it to his eye, shining now with an unearthly fire. [11]
More example sentences with the word fumbled in them
- His fingers fumbled with his robe of striped silk. [11]
- She led the way without comment up the darkened stairs, and on the landing produced another key, opened the door of her rooms, fumbled for the electric button, and suddenly the place was flooded with light. [9]
- For a moment there was absolute silence, in which the chairman adjusted his glasses and fumbled with the agenda paper in his confusion, scarcely knowing what to do. [11]
- Humiliated, overwhelmed by the words of the woman, Philip turned mechanically towards the door without a word, and his fingers fumbled for the latch, for a mist was before his eyes. [11]
- His fingers fumbled over his waistcoat, but did not find it. [11]
- He spread it out and fumbled for his glasses, but could not find them, and he gazed helplessly at the page before him. [11]
- With a gasp of satisfaction, the old man fumbled in the inside of his coat and drew out layers of ten, fifty, and hundred-dollar bills. [11]
- Yet he appeared not to see, for his fingers fumbled on his waistcoat for the monocle--fumbled--vaguely, helplessly. [11]
- I fumbled in my waistcoat for the repeater I had bought that morning over against Temple Bar, in Fleet Street, and I thrust it into John Paul's hand as he came up. [9]
- Burgess fumbled a moment, then said: "I find I have read them all. [5]
- As David spoke, Kaid's face grew darker, his fingers fumbled vaguely with the linen of the loose white robe he wore. [11]
- He fumbled for it, raised it, blew on it, rubbed it with his handkerchief, and screwed it carefully into his eye again, his rather bushy brow gathering over it strongly, his look sharpened to more active thought. [11]
- He fumbled in his purse and brought forth a gold-piece. [11]
- He fumbled in his pocket, and drew out a typewritten list. [9]
- He fumbled with his hands; once or twice his lips moved, but the words did not come. [5]
- Mr. Worthington unbuttoned his coat, fumbled in his pocket, and pulled out two cigars, one of which he pushed toward Jethro, who shook his head. [9]
- He fumbled in his coat and drew from his inner pocket a paper. [9]
- And yet as he prayed I saw his hand go to his pocket, and it fumbled and felt the money there. [11]
- But at length he fumbled among his papers, cleared away the lump in his throat, and glanced significantly at Mr. Bascom. [9]
- The fat, greasy hands of the Mudir fumbled towards the water-glass. [11]
- His little blue hands fumbled with the knotted strings that served for facings until Insall, producing a pocket knife, deftly cut the strings. [9]
- Becodar gave a great sign of pleasure, and fumbled again with the money in his pocket. [11]
- Dryfoos fumbled about for the knob in the dim passageway outside, and Beaton, who had experience of people's difficulties with it, suddenly jerked the door open. [8]
- The lad fumbled for change and the fumbling was due to honest agitation. [11]
- I fumbled around for a remark, and got out this one: "I can't understand it at all. [5]
- Then he had broken a cake of dourha bread on the roof for the pigeons above him, and had come down grinning to the street, where a hesitating mounted policeman fumbled with his weapon, and four ghaffirs waited for him with their naboots. [11]
- My head swam as I stumbled up the stairs and fumbled at the knob, when I heard voices raised inside, and the door was suddenly and violently thrown open. [9]
- As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy. [5]
- The missionary sat, and, having recovered slightly, fumbled with a knife and fork. [11]
- He started, stared, and fumbled at his waistcoat. [11]
- Some places made a noise and flung things about in times of distress; but Askatoon always stood still and fumbled with its collar-buttons, as though to get more air. [11]
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