bobbled

past tense of bobble

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bobbled On Oladokun’s second throw of the game, tight end Tre Watson bobbled a good pass into the hands of cornerback Roman Parodie. Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026 Pass behind Ben Sims was bobbled and intercepted by Tyrel Dodson for a touchdown. Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026 Machado followed with a single to the gap in right-center that McCarthy bobbled, allowing Cronenworth to race around third and get home to tie the game again. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026 Blaze Jordan followed with a potential inning-ending, double-play grounder to third base, but Denzer Guzman bobbled the ball and his only play was to first as Nootbaar scored for a 2-0 lead. Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 In the 88th minute of a quarterfinal against Belgium on Friday, Spanish defender Pau Cubarsí launched a long-range shot outside the box that Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens blocked but bobbled. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 July 2026 Antonacci batted with the bases loaded in the sixth and hit a slow grounder that first baseman Kyle Manzardo slightly bobbled. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 With Pete Crow-Armstrong on second base, Bregman did not sprint out of the batter’s box at American Family Field after hitting a soft grounder to Milwaukee shortstop Cooper Pratt, who bobbled the ball. Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 June 2026 The ball got past Crawford for a double and Call went to third when right fielder Adolis Garcia bobbled it. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bobbled
Verb
  • In the bathroom, my fingers fumbled in the inner pocket of my jacket, searching for the passport.
    Ledio Cakaj, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Despite rebounding with the wildly entertaining F9 in 2021, the Fast franchise fumbled the 10th chapter, which underperformed at the box office and didn’t exactly get fans hyped for the follow-up.
    Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • My Lady Clam bobbed in the water, which didn’t look so turbulent from where Kath sat.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • One afternoon as a rookie, listening to coaches drone on in a dark room with film cutups flashing in front of them, his head bobbed.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • The Miami Hurricanes’ first opponent of the 2026 season nearly blew its season opener.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Late Friday night, when the last whistle blew at the sausage factory, the Newsom exemption had been pulled back.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Today, Earth is being heated by massive amounts of greenhouse gases being pumped into the atmosphere, leading to a gradual rise in average global temperature.
    Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • When pumped with a 940-nanometer Ti laser, the waveguides produced laser light at 1,030 nanometers.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have decided to move from from their Montecito idyll to the United Kingdom in mere weeks, news that generated countless headlines and shook royal society to its core.
    Chandler Tregaskes, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The temblor set off emergency quake alerts on mobile phones and also significantly shook Tokyo.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But in 1933, within a matter of days, they were jerked back into reality.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026

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“Bobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bobbled. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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