Word Finder - fumbling

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To handle nervously or awkwardly.

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He fumbled the key into the lock.

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To grope awkwardly in trying to find something

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He fumbled for his keys.

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To blunder uncertainly.

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He fumbled through his prepared speech.

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To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.

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to fumble for an excuse

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To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.

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To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.

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An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.

She was fumbling with the iPad nervously.

After a fair amount of fumbling with the lock I was in.

I was fumbling with the window when I heard heavy footsteps move close to my door.

Her heart fluttered at his words, and she grew excited about him wanting the type of relationship like she'd drawn, until she saw him fumbling with the page as if to pull it free.

The colonel of the Polish uhlans, a handsome old man, flushed and, fumbling in his speech from excitement, asked the aide-de-camp whether he would be permitted to swim the river with his uhlans instead of seeking a ford.

She headed for Alex's office, the fingers on her left hand still fumbling with the last button.

The orderly was striking a light and Shcherbinin was fumbling for something on the candlestick.

Yully fled the pub for her car and opened the door with cold, fumbling hands.

The packaging is as low drama as the gloss itself, and the squish of the tube makes it easy to find when you are fumbling around in your purse.

If you're tired of digging through you pockets or fumbling around looking for a pick, consider buying bulk guitar picks.

Plus, there is no fumbling with the remote to fast forward through scenes you don't really want to see like…surprise, surprise, Luke left town again or Sonny is in the middle of a mob war.

Rand McNally's Trip Maker planning tool helps you plot out your entire road getaway from start to finish without fumbling through countless paper maps.

If you do not track your progress, you are fumbling in the dark hoping to get a lucky break more often than the other, more unpleasant kind of break.

Ladies, how many times have you seen a man in a lingerie store fumbling around and looking a bit lost and thought, "Oh, how sweet?"

Guys, if you don't want to be one of those fumbling men in a lingerie store, keep a few of the following pointers in mind when shopping for lingerie for your partner.

For a moment her heart beat overtime and it looked as though she might fall, but Alex smoothly caught her and stepped around, covering her fumbling so well that no one appeared to notice.

After fumbling in her pocket, she found a book of matches and lit the cigarette she had stuck behind her ear.

No more fumbling in your purse or stuffing extra glasses in your pockets.

Fumbling through all of those UMD cartridges can be a bit of a hassle, so wouldn't it be easier if you could just download games directly to your PlayStation Portable?

There's no fumbling with pockets or flaps.

Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen - Your children will enjoy the stories of fumbling boy-wizard Henry, who is still learning how to perfect his use of magic.

He helped her without breaking the kiss, their hands fumbling in their haste to have his clothes off.

She slowed her horse, fumbling for the magic waters at her hip.