Fumbling
['fʌmblɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fumble
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Examples
- I got at my spectacles, with some fumbling and difficulty, feeling the Sergeant's dismal eyes fixed on me all the time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I cannot find any knocker, my lord,' said the footman, at our carriage-door, after fumbling about for some time. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I shall say I didn't know you, for you look so grown-up and unlike yourself, I'm quite afraid of you, he said, fumbling at his glove button. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- After much impressive fumbling of keys and opening of locks, the stained and aged document was spread before us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Well, well, said the honest old man, fumbling in his pocket: I s'pose, perhaps, I an't following my judgment,--hang it, I _won't_ follow my judgment! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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