How to Use bumbling in a Sentence

bumbling

adjective

• The role was looking for a bumbling fool.
  — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
• How can the same guy embody both a stoic hero and this bumbling clown?
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
• The few adult characters in the film are gullible or bumbling.
  — Linnea Wicklund, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
• The murder itself seemed like such a bumbling bunch of mistakes.
  — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2019
• Mr Johnson is the favourite, but his bumbling style seems odd at a time of crisis.
  — The Economist, 29 June 2019
• But then again, neither is the Bears fumbling and bumbling.
  — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 2 June 2026
• Contrary to their name, bumblebees are no bumbling oafs.
  — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 4 June 2026
• The Rams did just enough to beat a bumbling Giants team that fell to 5-11.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• That’s fine by C, who harbors little feeling for our bumbling man anyway.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
• Stephen poses as a bumbling old widower in need of a lightweight vacuum.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
• Johnson ended up appearing six more times, honing his bumbling persona in the process.
  — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
• Vic is gruff and bumbling and often appears almost literally as a bull in a china shop.
  — Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2019
• When two bumbling burglars attempt to rob the house, Kevin fights back with a series of elaborate traps.
  — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
• And here’s where my bumbling could actually pay off — the fingers shouldn’t be perfectly shaped.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
• The former coach basically called Ross a bumbling fool.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
• Andersen is seen as a bumbling fool from the kids’ and Dickens’ perspective.
  — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
• And the Saviors without Negan are, thus far, a fairly bumbling lot.
  — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• But there is something to be said for winning, regardless of how many mistakes a team makes against a bumbling opponent.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• Even better than in the other seasons’ finales, which still ended on a note of triumph but featured more bumbling.
  — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
• For technology-phobes, the clues are also taped to the banquet room wall by a pair of bumbling detectives.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
• At the moment, with an 11th-hour push to try to keep its teams, the District certainly looks bumbling.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• The bumbling German officers in charge, Sgt.
  — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• As a journalist and frequent talk show guest before that, he was seen by many critics as using a bumbling demeanor to mask a loose grip on facts.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2018
• So there is this tradition of the bumbling jerk in a way, that is also a hero in some respect, some of that is just the nature of narrative.
  — Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
• As always, Gromit plays detective and action hero while the bumbling Wallace is just lucky to be along for the ride.
  — Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
• As always, Gromit plays detective and action hero while the bumbling Wallace is just lucky to be along for the ride.
  — Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
• Rex’s colleagues include a lead detective who changes every three to four seasons; an earnest deputy; and a bumbling third guy who stays at the station.
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• Off stage, Benedick and Beatrice spar their way toward the aisle, while our bumbling constables take center stage.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2026
• The Osbournes and their bumbling patriarch simply arrived at the right moment.
  — Ashley Lee, NBC news, 23 July 2025
• Beyond competing in the digital world, the bumbling billionaires are said to also be gearing up to duke it out in a cage match.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 6 July 2023