stumble

01. Grandma broke her hip today when she [stumbled] and fell at the supermarket.

02. I [stumbled] in the dark on my way to the outhouse and hurt my big toe.

03. The hiker [stumbled] over a tree root and almost fell into the river.

04. The little boy [stumbled] and then fell into the classroom as his classmates watched and laughed.

05. The runner [stumbled] at the start of the race and was unable to catch up with the pack after that.

06. The man was [stumbling] as he crossed the road, and it was obvious that he was drunk.

07. The President seemed unsure of himself and [stumbled] over his answers when questioned by the press.

08. She seemed really nervous and [stumbled] over the words in her speech.

09. Elizabeth broke her ankle when she [stumbled] over a rock while walking on the beach.

10. It was the first week of rehearsals, and the actors were still [stumbling] over their lines.

11. In 1830, a British man became the first person in the world known to have been killed in a railway accident, when he [stumbled] and fell under the wheels of an oncoming train.

12. A Haitian proverb notes that to [stumble] is not to fall.

13. A Chinese proverb notes that small ills are the sources of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains; they [stumble] on stones.

14. William Shakespeare wrote, "Wisely and slow. They [stumble] that run fast."

15. Ryszard Kapuscinski once suggested that life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and [stumble] from defeat to defeat.