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verb

past tense of jumble

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of jumbled
Adjective
Entering the season, two quarterbacks sit in the top tier, followed by a drop-off to the second and third tiers — both of which are crowded and jumbled. — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Imagine a termite carving a path like a jumbled ball of string through a tree trunk, instead of an axe cleaving a single vector. — New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026 This jumbled, makeshift archive reassured her about her own perceptions. — Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 There’s something deeply satisfying about opening your suitcase and immediately finding your skincare instead of digging through a jumbled mess of bottles. — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026 In it, four contestants solve jumbled words and phrases that unscramble right before their eyes; as the tiles unscramble, the clues get easier, and the player buzzing in with the most correct answers earns a shot at the $10,000 grand prize. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 14 July 2026 Birkin’s signature unfussy aesthetic translated well to her living environments, which featured a jumbled array of objects of all kinds, layered by years of flea market finds and vintage store visits. — Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026 The shore now alternated between open sandy or rocky beaches and jumbled boulders ranging from a foot to many feet in diameter. — Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026 His fluid camera, observational without being intrusive, expertly delineates the safe space of Layla’s courtyard, shifting registers as things get darker until near the end, when jumbled night reinforces the tense uncertainty. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 17 May 2026
Verb
But now, researchers say the real problem is that its pages are jumbled. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Announcements for who will have water access (and when) have been jumbled. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The structured design also helps keep everything in place while traveling, so nothing gets jumbled in transit. — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026 The problems that scored highest on both measures are retained, and the remaining ones are jumbled up again, and this process is repeated for five generations. — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026 Domingo and Fey get snarky, a clever visual gag earns a surprise laugh, the dialogue is sharper than usual, and the main pairings get jumbled up with purposeful, delightful results. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 May 2026 Ditch the mish-mash of clothes jumbled in your closet with the help of these storage bins, which are just $4 apiece right now, or add extra clothing storage with this duo of under-bed bags that even have wheels. — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2026 The experiences are jumbled in my mind, and the Stations become a story told over many single-frame images, just like any comic book. — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026 But there are just a half-dozen or so teams to have jumbled their top three spots in the order as much as the Padres and/or used six players at any spot. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumbled
Adjective
  • In art, as in life, the messy materiality of flesh fazes me not one whit.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • View gallery - 4 images For all the extraordinary things that consumer 3D printers can produce, changing color has remained a surprisingly messy business.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • When those signals are blocked, disrupted or deliberately jammed, vehicles may need other methods to maintain reliable navigation.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • While the restorations are only to the marble surface of the building, the meticulous nature of the job would have disrupted all aspects of the Plaza experience for would-be guests.
    — Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Meloni's right-wing coalition says the change will lead to more stable governments and avoid chaotic post-election dealmaking.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026
  • In a recent Nature study, Stoliker’s team designed an experiment to test whether these directions are truly chaotic and random.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Not to be confused with the football the Chargers play in that same stadium.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Phone notifications open via app casting, but the system gets confused easily.
    — Dominic Preston, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • In the past, her songs were so littered with personal details that listening felt voyeuristic.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The series does not touch on the tabloid attention that followed the Beckhams in 2004, when it was alleged that David had an affair with his personal assistant, Rebecca Loos, and the many further accusations of cheating that littered gossip columns after.
    — Scarlett Harris, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Uribe shuffled off the mound, and the crowd at American Family Field roared.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Kering is starting to clean house, having already shuffled creative directors at Gucci, Balenciaga and Bottega Veneta.
    — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • On the day Erica and Peter moved into 150 Charles, their attorney claims, they were greeted with a cluttered and dirty space that didn’t square with the $26,000-a-month rent.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The entrance and exits of Prambanan are also cluttered with vendors selling souvenirs and cold drinks — offering a good opportunity to pick up a bottle of water.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Dead sheep and bears strewn along the pavement have disturbed local residents for years, but ecologists fear the road may also cause a much slower and quieter die-off, with mountain lions inbreeding as they are cut off from other lions.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • While the noise from the street would at times bleed into the living room, the bedroom was quiet, and our sleep was never disturbed by late-night foot traffic.
    — Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Jumbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jumbled. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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