How To Use Fumble In A Sentence

However, on first down our big fella fumbles the ball and it bounces right into the hands of one of the players on the other team.
Sunday was no exception as Bell was in the thick of Walter's four bobbles and was credited with a forced fumble.
But, at the same time, it is core to their appeal and not something they can fumble. Times, Sunday Times
She stared hard at the blonde, and fumbled for words, but was speechless.
The Super Bowl runner-up Pittsburgh Steelers were crushed by divisional rivals the Baltimore Ravens in their opening game with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger having a shaky start with three interceptions and two fumbles. Pressure already on teams off to surprisingly slow starts

He fumbled with the lock on the door to his apartment, looking forward to a stiff shot of single-malt Scotch before fixing dinner.
He twisted and groped one-handed behind the cantle of his saddle for his hunting-bow and quiver, found them and fumbled them loose.
Green, one of the top backs in the league, fumbled the ball seven times in the first nine games last year.
The baseball hitter fumbled his attempt to catch it.
I fumbled for the light switch in the pitch dark.
Instead, I fumbled with the obvious lock, pushing it as hard as I could, and eventually, it budged.
An alert Jaguars defensive player scooped up the ball and returned the fumble 43 yards.
On a play from scrimmage, if an offensive player fumbles anywhere on the field during fourth down, only the fumbling player is permitted to recover and/or advance the ball.
He also fumbled in the end zone to give Seattle a touchdown.
Quintus fumbled with the ceremonial toga of the Urban Prefect, thick with gold embroidery.
Then he fumbled for a clean piece of paper and began his record - first a list of species, then a tally of their numbers.
Quarterback Rattay was hit and fumbled the ball.
He scrambled against the outcropping, his feet slipping, his arms burning with stress as he fumbled to keep himself from falling. Earl of Durkness
`Each city district has a blackout timetable,' he explained as he moved into the kitchenette and fumbled for a matchbox. OUTCAST
And as you fumble about with all the buttons on the centre console you won't be looking where you're going. Times, Sunday Times
They fumble through their budding romances, discovering meaning as they go.
The technician fumbles with my privates like it's no big deal.
Giving readings was seen as an embarrassment, and generations of German poets were proud to fumble around in sullen cantankerousness.
It's not that I don't want one, it's just I never get the offer of anything other than a drunken fumble.
I kept my eyes on the blanketed ground as I fumbled with my neckcloth.
Months earlier, in the preseason, Barton intercepted two passes and returned a fumble for a score - all in one quarter - against Arizona.
A puny midwife fumbles with exploding plaster wombs, plastic foetuses, rubber birth canals and disintegrating umbilical cords.
Receiver Marshall Williams lost a fumble, Skinner badly overthrew Brinkman and it was picked off by Wyatt Middleton, Skinner lost a fumble after picking up a first down and then Ketric Buffin intercepted another badly thrown ball. USATODAY.com
A quick fumble for the stopcock, a basin, and a phone call to my father solved the leak, but I was left with a very wet floor to clean.
The best part of the ribbing -- true to its roots in divaliciousness -- was the curtain call, wherein the knobby-kneed bull-erina, Ida Nevasayneva (Paul Ghiselin), blew effusive kisses, toppled over in his curtsies and fumbled his way back through the curtain, all with unshakable aplomb. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Divas infuse humor, character in dances
Kei groaned as for the third time that morning his hand sleepily fumbled in an attempt to silence the irritating buzz of the battery alarm clock.
She saw it, caught it, at times, his parting present; and there were moments when she felt herself sitting like a beggar with a hand held out to almsgiver who only fumbled. In the Cage
He fumbled the key into the ignition.
I made a major fumble last night in modifying the journal files and creating a new one for the day's new entry.
Should we fumble, should we fall in the middle of the road, we will become easy prey.
Worst of all, Burress did the same thing just two years ago and on that play, the officials ruled the ball a fumble.
The thwack should have been an early wake-up call but the Minstermen continued to stumble and fumble thereafter.
Dark blood bubbled up from the wound in thick gouts and he quickly fumbled an adhesive pad out of a leg pocket and clamped it over the wound.
By now you know all the terminology, but you don't know if a bouncing ball is a fumble until you watch it on replay from five different angles.
I stifled a yawn as I fumbled with the key, finally sticking it in correctly and turning the lock.
And don't forget some of Mama Joly's fumbles---lemon extract mistaken for vanilla in chocolate chip cookies (surprisingly not-bad); cayenne pepper for paprika in Hungarian goulash (a little might have been nice) . . . When you gotta have it, you gotta have it...
Jamie Sharper led a solid defensive effort with seven tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble.
Torain fumbled the ball twice in the fourth quarter, only one of which was recovered by the Redskins. Ryan Torain tops 100 yards again
He also fumbled in the end zone to give Seattle a touchdown.
For two days, police in the remote coastal region around Sodwana Bay had stumbled and fumbled their way into the case.
I groped for encouraging words, I fumbled for motivational encouragement, but the words just refused to be found.
It might just have to be a three-way tongue-kiss and a fumble, but still.
At first the student hesitated with the chord changes and fumbled quite often, messing up accidentals in the tune as we jumped from key to key and so on.
Lexa tried to repeat the name and fumbled over the made-up syllables and vowel sounds thrown in at random.
The 49ers' first four offensive plays included an interception, a sack and a lost fumble.
Whether it was his disastrous first confession, the use of his hobby telescope to take in the bronzed Mrs. Selahowski sunbathing next door, the purloined swigs of sacramental wine, or, as he got older, the fumbled attempts to sneak contraband past his father and score with girls beneath his mother's vigilant radar, John was figuring out that the faith and fervor that came so effortlessly to his parents somehow had eluded him. The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan: Book summary
I fumbled around for soap, found it, and began washing my arms, eyes half closed as I drowsed in the warmth.
An enterprising dink by Ronan O'Gara set up the attack but even then they depended on an All Black fumble to keep the attack alive.
After spending seventeen minutes in blackness, trying to fumble the lock of the cellar open, Jack Moore kicked the door open with a curse and began climbing the stairs.
Mimi nervously tugged at her shirt, and fumbled for words.
I fumbled for the light switch in the pitch dark.
Have sex when you're awake, not just at the end of the day when it's a quick fumble before you fall asleep.
The Rams had five fumbles Sunday, not counting coach Rich Brooks' handling of the quarterback torch-passing ceremony.
The fumble allowed the other team make a goal.
What we need not tolerate is a federal regulatory structure that is blind to the operations of those who wheel and deal at the very center of the global economy and federal officials who are so uncertain of their aims and prerogatives that they fumble in the face of crisis. www. twitter.com/janiceharayda 2009 May 21 « One-Minute Book Reviews
Dodging them, Frenzill slipped inside the gaol's back entrance and fumbled the cresset from the wall. Father Swarat
It's all over the movies: Sandra Bullock fumbled, giggled and gollied her way to the big time with this year's "While You Were Sleeping. The Cult Of Cute
Sharai grinned upon seeing me run out the door before, absentminded as I am; I ran back and fumbled with my keys to lock the door.
The quarterback fumbled the ball.
He fumbled on the dashboard to find a defroster but found nothing. Tak Tuckerby
In an era of e-tickets, bitcoins and app-based banking, it seems pretty antiquated that we still have to fumble through our wallets for an insurance card each time we go to the doctor's office.
He started to unfold his gum's wrapper when he fumbled and dropped it on the floor.
The fumble allowed the other team to make a goal.
I fumbled around in my bag for a cigarette.
One step after another I fumbled for a toehold, my legs weak and my grip moist.
|| Urquhart has expressed regret for what he called a fumbled effort to make the point that tyrants tend to abuse the separation of church and state. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Wesley fumbles in the top drawer of his nightstand and jabs the kidney-shaped button in his ear.
Try to ensure that yours doesn't kick off with a drunken fumble on the photocopier - it could be awkward when your children want to know how Mummy and Daddy met.
The execution is sometimes clumsy and story threads occasionally fumble about but the sheer determination to go further with the premise, pushing beyond the barricades of mediocrity and aspire for at least some of the weightiness of the source material, that kind of relentlessness ultimately made it a success. Row Three » Review: Blindness - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions
He fumbled for the light switch, and when the bulb first glowed it made him blink several times.
They fumble with sheets of paper and index cards, and mumble and punctuate every five words with ‘um’.
Case in point: Tepco shareholders in June voted to reappoint the entire board, bar an absent president, despite the energy company's fumbled response earlier in the year to the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Japan Inc.'s Mountain of Governance Woes
She pulled away from him and fumbled in the pocket of her Windbreaker for a tissue. NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE
Short recovery of Martin fumble at New York Jets 35 USATODAY.com
Jim fumbled cash onto the counter, coins clinking and bouncing, bills fluttering. A Corpse is a Corpse
Saxton had been guilty of a bad fumble early in the half but it seemed to spur him on and he showed good strength to power his way over after cutting back in from the right.
I fumbled around in my bag for a cigarette.
Jen fumbled with shaking hands through the skinny glass shelves, knocking everything out. ROUGH JUSTICE
She no longer is the same shy woman who fumbled for words when the sordid episode broke out.
It attempts to handle a serious topic thoughtfully, but ultimately fumbles it.
Still, that same defense provided a touchdown and came up with the nail-in-the-coffin fumble at the end. NFL Replay: 'Almost' is no solace after Cardinals' letdown
Without even looking up at her, the woman nodded and fumbled with her keys.
As divided and unprepared democratic forces fumbled for a plan of action, demagogues would rush forward convincingly promising protection.
Horus gasped, chest heaving as he fumbled in his pocket in search of his asthma inhaler.
We had it all: fumbled lines, clichés, bad patter.
On both pairings, you hear analog and digital fumble cumbersomely for mutual elbowroom. Disquiet » Team-Up Marvel
Richard Washington fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and Berlin capitalized on the next play, finding Roscoe Parrish for a USATODAY.com
This one stood shuddering with cold for a minute or two, head hanging, before he slowly raised his gloved hands and fumbled at the fastenings of his cloak.
He found it difficult to explain to these strangers what he was doing in Afghanistan and fumbled awkwardly with his knife and fork. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds
As a prelude to my proposal, which concerns possession of said ball, isn't it time we stopped calling a fumble a fumble? Russ Wellen: Football in the 20-Teens: No Punting, No Tackling
There was a moment in our conversation when both of us fumbled for words and fell into a brief, awkward silence.
It was usually a clumsy fumble under the sheets. The Sun
On the same judging panel, Paula Abdul, pop star and choreographer, can watch a contestant fumble through a performance and find something consolable in it and can speak such drivel that she's rumored to be "of diminished capacity" when judging. James M. Lynch: Simon Cowell: A True Friend
Danny Lansanah and Dahna Deleston each had an interception for Connecticut and James Hargrave recovered a fumble. USATODAY.com - Scores
The unusual pieces (rhombuses and octahedrons) lend themselves to ‘outside the box‘creativity, while the pieces are easy to handle for even fumble-fingered types.
In two starts, this seventh-rounder from UCLA has recorded ten tackles, three INTs, one fumble recover, three special teams tackles and three passes defended (they called it "defensed" but that ain't fucking English, chumps). I Dislike Your Favorite Team
When they toured the west coast on their ‘farewell tour’, I futzed and fumbled for weeks when they chose not to play Los Angeles, and logistical challenges kept me from making the six-hour drive to the San Francisco show.
She fumbled with her notes and began to speak.
This alone might not be cause enough for blacks en masse to repeatedly give their firm backing to the Democrats, especially when the Democrats compromise, conciliate, and flat out fumble the ball when it comes to caving to the GOP in fighting for increased funding and initiatives that help the urban poor. Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The GOP's Phony "Plantationism" Charge Against Democrats
The baseball hitter fumbled his attempt to catch it.
He finally caused her to fumble me, and he jiggled me down the hall and into their bedroom and tossed me onto the bed. Babies
Phoenix fumbled a bit with the keys in his rush to get in, and it took a few seconds to get the door unlocked.
Did anyone else notice in the followup Q&A when someone asked Bush how he learned about the kid…sure seemed as he stum-fumbled for an answer that he found out the Katrina way…on a staff-made DVD. Firedoglake » Hang On, It Might Be a Bumpy Ride
What a horrible night, she thought as she fumbled with the key in the door.
Snoring louder than ever he fumbled again and I saw him insert a small blade into the side of the carriage.
He fumbled for the multimeter, opened the Environmental Control cabinet, and troubleshooted as Mission Control directed. Who Do You Say I Am
Three starters return from last year's unit that was the worst in the league - its highlight coming when an offensive lineman picked up a fumble and scored in an upset victory over Missouri.
I fumbled with the lock.
I've met some reasonably powerful people in the world, and there's usually an aura that is quite difficult to crack, and you fumble for your words.
His numbers in 2001 were remarkable, including 117 tackles, six sacks, four tackles for a loss, three interceptions, two fumble recoveries, and one forced fumble.
She fumbled with her keys, blinking to keep her eyes clear of the fogginess that had dared to creep upon her.
The Cobbydale side took the late after 17 minutes when matt Bowness pounced on a fumble from the full back and John Williams added the conversion.
‘I should have put more planning into my plan’ said Mauritania as Jess tried fumbled with keys in the infinite number of locks on the door.
He fumbled in his pockets as he spoke, and, as chance would it, the "fleam" (or cattle lancet) was somewhere about his dress. A Dark Night's Work
Both eyes wide open I fumbled for the trigger and fired off three shots.
He registered two sacks, blocked a field goal and recovered a fumble.
Barber said that losing three fumbles in a game of that magnitude and nearly botching a handoff exchange with Collins in overtime no doubt will stick with him despite the celebratory feeling in the locker room.
And then, because I was a snot-nosed coward, my fingers sought the knot on the block, fumbled, worked at it . . . worked at it . . . worked at it . . . Miracles, Inc.
ECU's Marcus Hands recovered a Martin fumble at the SMU 34-yard line on the second play of SMU's next possession, leading to Pinkney's second touchdown. USATODAY.com - Scores
Gazing at the floor with glossy eyes, the thunderous chant of his name still ringing in his ears, he fumbles for words to describe his euphoria.
All around, the most beautiful girls and troll-like boys drank and danced and fumbled and snogged in a surging tide of 1970s pop classics, beer and hormones.
A scramble from a corner and a fumble by Jones almost conceded a second goal to the visitors as Ilkley found it difficult to cope with the commitment and determination of the Stanley players.
Referee Gerald Austin overturned the fumble, but ruled Davis didn't have possession before the ball came loose and called it an incompletion. USATODAY.com - Football - San Francisco vs. Pittsburgh
The keeper fumbled and defender Nigel Quigley leapt in to head home the equaliser.
But if the Woman marks that this helps not, and that all things remain in the old posture, then she begins to mump and maunder at her husband; vaunting much of her own fitness, and not a little suspecting her husbands; oftentimes calling him a Fumbler, a dry-boots, and a good man Do-little, &c. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple
He sometimes tries to do too much, which leads to careless decisions that can result in fumbles and interceptions.
they fumbled around in total darkness
It shouted something inaudible over the roar of flames and fumbled with the locks on my ankles.
The participants fumbled around with the primary grotesquerie of speaking about evil at a well-fed and well-managed conference; this was well before we got to the unspeakability of evil itself.
While Phil Spence fumbled obediently with his zip fastener Paula stalked past him into what she took for the kitchen. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
Sometimes that philosophy gets Green in trouble because he fumbles the ball too much.
White, a seventh round pick, finished with 5 tackles, 4 sacks and two forced fumbles.
There was a fumble on the 1-yard line and Brown dropped a sure touchdown pass.
But, at the same time, it is core to their appeal and not something they can fumble. Times, Sunday Times
And as you fumble about with all the buttons on the centre console you won't be looking where you're going. Times, Sunday Times
Tennessee had just recovered a fumble at midfield late in the third quarter of its playoff game against the Patriots.
Sure, decent running numbers, but he fumbled twice inside the Seattle 10-yard-line, miscues that were recovered by the Seahawks in both instances.
The Dragoon dropped the carbine and fumbled for his sword which hung from its wrist strap.
The first thing I will promise from this review is that there will be no bad football puns — no “Clooney fumbles at the goal line,” no “quarterback runs wrong play from pigskin playbook,” no “director scores a touchdown but misses the extra point.” Clooney looks backwards for “Leatherheads” » Scene-Stealers
He fumbled around in the dark trying to find the lamp.
But instead fears are growing that the fumbled search for a new supremo will compound the failure to unearth a player to rival the Scot. Times, Sunday Times
The Rams had five fumbles Sunday, not counting coach Rich Brooks' handling of the quarterback torch-passing ceremony.
Jamal Lewis fumbled after Roethlisberger pinned the Ravens back at their 1 with a quick kick - a play the Steelers have revived from the 1920s - but Roethlisberger later was intercepted for only the second time this season, by Adalius Thomas. USATODAY.com - Scores
Karmina and Elada were waiting as Lavada fumbled with the lock on her locker.
If where, assure quality while implementation gain, case forest conch still lies fumble level.
Clumsily, he fumbled around for tissues, but couldn't find any.
But, at the same time, it is core to their appeal and not something they can fumble. Times, Sunday Times
I fumbled for the light switch in the pitch dark.
Jason fumbled with his keys, laughing, until Bruce got impatient and took the keys away from him.
Amber scarfed down her eggs and fumbled with her chopsticks as she tried to eat her rice.
He fumbles the last fruit - the durian - and it slips from his hands and splatters at Colin's feet.
It seemed, too, that she fell in love, genuine love, as other people, fumble-footed, fall into holes that more nimble-footed elements avoid. MURDER SONG
He stripped the ball from Bulger and caught the fumble for a touchdown to help the Atlanta Falcons beat the St. Louis Rams 34-17.
Benjamin fumbled for the light switch.
‘I was cleaning,’ she fumbled, looking down at the scrubber lying near her feet.
I fumbled for the light switch in the pitch dark.
We walked inside and he fumbled some more with the paperwork and the computer.
It was usually a clumsy fumble under the sheets. The Sun
I lost sight of him among the trees, but what I did see made me fumble my cigarette into my lap.
And as you fumble about with all the buttons on the centre console you won't be looking where you're going. Times, Sunday Times
He reached his door and pulled out his key and fumbled with the lock.
The Hurricanes scored one touchdown on a blocked punt and another on a runback with a recovered fumble.
In the vestibule, I scanned the column of buzzers while she fumbled in her purse for her keys.
She half ran, half skidded into the truck, fumbled for the keys, and nestled inside the driver's seat with the strongbox on her lap. ROUGH JUSTICE
The game was tied 10-10 at halftime because Anthony Smith forced and recovered a Dilfer fumble deep in Bucs territory.
Woodson recovery of Toomer fumble is negated by an offside penalty on Cowboys 'Stewart to New York 37 USATODAY.com
Instead, Curry fumbles the ball slightly, blowing the chance for a dunk.
She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief.
The baseball hitter fumbled his attempt to catch it.
He fumbled with the cuirass for a moment before he managed to hook the attachment hooks together, securing the piece of armour around his body, onto which the gorget was tied to protect his neck.
I finished up and fumbled outside back to my office and discovered that the whole building was without power.
He fumbles routine grounders and on a cool afternoon in September in the middle of a three-way pennant race, he lallygags his way to first and Willy pulls him from the game and chastises him in the dugout in plain view of the SNY cameras, and in the post-game conference. Mets Geek
I fumbled clumsily with the scarf, so that he could measure the ugly, bare scalp. Coping With Sudden Hair Loss
But Meachem provided the timely big plays with a 44-yard score off a fumble return just before halftime, when he stripped Kareem Moore on a runback of an interception — perhaps the most heads-up play of the entire NFL season. NFL Replay: Meachem's clutch plays lifting Saints to rare air
The surgeon thrust in his hand and fumbled about for some time, while I wondered whether the feel of that one brown thread could be detected from the rest of the ravel. Chapter 19
Jenna fumbled a moment with Allison's tie and she reached up to help her, their fingers brushing together gently.
She pulled away from him and fumbled in the pocket of her Windbreaker for a tissue. NOBODY'S BABY BUT MINE
Whereas a month ago I ignorantly fumbled for the light switches, toilets, mugs, photocopier, window locks, phone system and coffee, I now could moonlight giving organised tours.
I plunged down off Dun-I, fumbled out gloves and scarf from the backpack, and set out for a serious stride over the machair - grassy sward grown up on a thick bed of shell sand.
Two plays later, Troy took a 7-0 lead on a defensive touchdown as Jorrick Calvin batted down Davis 'lateral, then scooped it up for 17-yard fumble return. USATODAY.com
She waited as someone on the other side fumbled with the numerous locks.
The Head of House fumbled with a key code on a panel next to a mahogany door across the room.
She stepped up onto the stoop and fumbled around the doorway for the keypad.
After a Pittsburgh fumble, Miami scored a touchdown.
Now the cash registers go ker-ching every time there's a fumble beneath the bed sheets.
He fumbled, threw out an incorrect figure, and finally admitted that he really didn't know the correct numbers.
The video website that fumbles hard begins to turn to the look to be achieved formerly again, the item that makes for Internet only becomes the cheese that they won't be reaved exclusively.
I fumbled the pitcher before managing to fill the bowl, then splashed handfuls onto my face.
He fumbled for the latch to open his door, and left the limousine and the beautiful woman behind as quickly as he could.
By dint of not mentioning snow, I gently prised the story out of him, learning that he'd fumbled the first deal and lost two or three months in the process.
Nevertheless, the company of Chinese network game at that time is remained at fumble level.
Pirates QB Patrick Pinkney hopes for a fast start to erase the memories of his overtime fumble from a week ago. Weekend Preview: Run for the Rose Bowl starts in the Big Ten
He stopped before it while the guard fumbled with his keys.
In two preseason games, he returned a fumble for a touchdown (before a penalty nullified the play), and he blocked a punt for a safety.
His Lear simultaneously displays kingliness and frailty: he hands out directives, but fumbles.

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