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01. The small boys were having a race [tumbling] down the side of the hill.
02. The child [tumbled] over the chair when he ran into the room.
03. He broke his arm when he hit a bump, and took a [tumble] off his bicycle.
04. Interest rates have [tumbled] in the last few months.
05. The water [tumbled] over the rocks, and into a large blue pool.
06. Housing sales are expected to [tumble] as a result of the increase in mortgage rates.
07. The bomb exploded, and the walls came [tumbling] down.
08. Ira Gershwin wrote in a song, "In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may [tumble], they're only made of clay, but our love is here to stay."
09. Unease over the company's current financial difficulties has caused stock prices to [tumble] for the third straight day.
10. The instructions for your new sweater say; machine wash on gentle cycle and [tumble] dry.
11. The river leads to a nice waterfall, which [tumbles] over a cliff and into a beautiful little pool that is great for swimming.
12. He took a nasty [tumble] down the stairs and cut his head open.
13. The kittens [tumbled] about on the floor, play-fighting and chasing each other's tails.
14. The falling and [tumbling] figures in the painting reveal the Christian concept of hell as violent and lacking order.
15. The jockey took a hard [tumble] after his horse tripped going around the curve.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • tumble — tum‧ble [ˈtʌmbl] verb [intransitive] JOURNALISM if prices, figures etc tumble, they go down suddenly and by a large amount: • Stock market prices have tumbled over the past week. tumble noun [countable usually singular] : • The announcement… …   Financial and business terms

  • tumble — [tum′bəl] vi. tumbled, tumbling [ME tumblen, freq. of tumben < OE tumbian, to fall, jump, dance; akin to Ger tummeln, taumeln < OHG * tumalon, freq. of tumon, to turn < IE base * dheu , to be turbid > DULL] 1. to do somersaults,… …   English World dictionary

  • Tumble — Tum ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tumbling}.] [OE. tumblen, AS. tumbian to turn heels over head, to dance violently; akin to D. tuimelen to fall, Sw. tumla, Dan. tumle, Icel. tumba; and cf. G. taumeln to reel, to stagger.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tumble — Tum ble, v. t. 1. To turn over; to turn or throw about, as for examination or search; to roll or move in a rough, coarse, or unceremonious manner; to throw down or headlong; to precipitate; sometimes with over, about, etc.; as, to tumble books or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tumble — (v.) c.1300, to perform as an acrobat, also to fall down, perhaps from a frequentative form of O.E. tumbian dance about, of unknown origin. Related to M.L.G. tummelen to turn, dance, Du. tuimelen to tumble, O.H.G. tumon, Ger. taumeln to turn,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • tumble — ► VERB 1) fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong. 2) move in a headlong manner. 3) decrease rapidly in amount or value. 4) rumple; disarrange. 5) (tumble to) informal come to understand; realize. ► NOUN 1) …   English terms dictionary

  • tumble in — ● tumble …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tumble — Tum ble, n. Act of tumbling, or rolling over; a fall. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tumble — index agitate (shake up), disorganize, subvert, upset Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • tumble — [v] fall or make fall awkwardly bowl down, bring down, descend, dip, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disturb, do a pratfall, down, drop, fall headlong*, flatten, floor, flop, go belly up*, go down, hit the dirt*, jumble, keel, keel over, knock… …   New thesaurus

  • tumble — I n. (colloq.) fall 1) to take a tumble 2) a bad, nasty tumble (she took a nasty tumble) 3) a tumble from sign of recognition 4) to give smb. a tumble (they wouldn t give us a tumble) II v. 1) (d; intr.) to tumble into (to tumble into bed) 2) (d; …   Combinatory dictionary

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