Examples of flub in a Sentence
Verb
The ball went right to him but he flubbed the catch.
The actress flubbed several lines.
Noun
when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
The Ducks equalized when Andrew Mangiapane flubbed a sterling opportunity at one end and Sennecke created one at the other.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Others couldn’t resist tying the flub to the Mets’ recent fortunes.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Then, just to flub any chance for enjoying some dumb fun with a skilled cast hamming it up, the sloppy story grinds the all-too-predictable, all-too-lame whodunit to a halt, as well.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
The Ducks equalized when Andrew Mangiapane flubbed a sterling opportunity at one end and Sennecke created one at the other.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
Others couldn’t resist turning the flub into a Mets omen.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Others couldn’t resist tying the flub to the Mets’ recent fortunes.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Flub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flub. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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