How to Use blunder in a Sentence

blunder

1 of 2 verb

• We blundered along through the woods until we finally found the trail.
• The government blundered by not acting sooner.
• Another skier blundered into his path.
• The Post blundered, as the authors of the study on which Sanders based his claim point out.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
• To angle it just out of the reach of our blundering hands?
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• But perhaps the Magic blundered by trading away the 25th and 35th picks.
  — Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 June 2017
• Mr Grayling’s loyalty to the prime minister and to the Brexit cause mean he may be allowed to blunder on.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018
• But that feature could save you from blundering into a speed trap.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2018
• The blundering Erlich helped the series in that regard, but now Richard gets to be his own worst enemy.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2018
• Their vision of the future is blurred; therefore, their policies may blunder.
  — Robert Samuelson, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2017
• America, at its shining best—and even at its blundering worst—was still such a place.
  — Laura Secor, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2017
• And to top all that off, as the Brewers have blundered, the suddenly hot Cardinals have won four straight to pass them in both the division and wild-card races.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• Ohio State had blundered its way into a big early hole against a formidable foe with the talent and depth to keep it there.
  — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 28 Oct. 2017
• The soil is full of pathogenic fungi just waiting for a nice juicy fire ant to blunder into them.
  — Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, 21 Nov. 2020
• Some pointed to other calls Goldman strategists blundered in the past, while others said Wall Street banks were too slow to catch onto the trend.
  — Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg.com, 27 May 2020
• Yearling black bears blunder over the asphalt in search of their own territories.
  — Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 6 July 2020
• Most web-spinning spiders line their silken threads with droplets of glue, which snag blundering insects.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 31 May 2017
• The U.S. military had blundered badly in the early days of the occupation.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
• Yes, because there are so many ways in which the various parties could blunder their way into a conflict no one wants.
  — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 3 Jan. 2018
• At the halfway point, the season is in ruins, reduced to rubble by their blundering offense.
  — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2019
• This is a major reason why Trump’s approach to many issues has been so blundering.
  — T.a. Frank, The Hive, 30 Mar. 2018
• Like Trump before him, Biden just might blunder his way into the general election in spite of himself.
  — Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, 13 Aug. 2019
• The ball fell away from the rim, and some have wondered if Divac blundered by slapping it away toward three-point territory.
  — Marcos Bretón, sacbee.com, 26 May 2017
• Tan sacrificed, but more likely blundered, a pawn in the early middlegame and then allowed Black to gather her pieces around her king.
  — Chris Chase, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2018
• Since then, Collins has taken the helm of his own Twitter account, grabbing laughs in equal parts to relieve the exhaustion and to snipe at his own blundering peers.
  — Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
• Imagine them without sharp baby cries from down the hall, without glances across the room to check in, without the half-cocked brain, liable to blunder off at a hint of maternal guilt.
  — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 8 May 2022
• Every day is a new fragment of an endless blundering present, and tomorrow will be both different and the same.
  — David Roth, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2020
• Desperate survivors blundering into Inuit tents, their faces black and the flesh gone from their gums.
  — The Economist, 12 Apr. 2018
• Regime change appeared to be the goal of Russia’s invasion, but its forces were thwarted in their blundering attempt to sack the capital.
  — John Hudson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Lured by the prospect of a relatively easy win, China could blunder into a much larger war, one that might go nuclear.
  — Joel Wuthnow, Foreign Affairs, 24 Mar. 2023

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blunder

2 of 2 noun

• The accident was the result of a series of blunders.
• For much of the last decade, the biggest blunder was not loving the company enough.
  — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
• Baty struck out three times and had a bad blunder in the field during a 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
• That should have been the game except for Ratzlaff’s blunder.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2022
• But the simple approach wasn’t enough to overcome the large deficit aided by the Sox’ blunders.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• Of course, at the time of said breakup, Ariel had no idea that Zach had broken his vow of chastity and then confessed the blunder to Kaity.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2023
• The Braves took the lead in the eighth inning due to a fielding blunder by Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
• It’s designed to hide the fact that his fans and investors made a terrific blunder.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022
• The careless penalties don’t include the blunder that led to Indiana State’s only points of the night.
  — Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2023
• That’s why Xander Hastings made the fatal blunder of taking her to the final three.
  — Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 26 Feb. 2024
• The Reds caught a break in the fifth inning when Juan Soto made a baserunning blunder, a poor series for him outside of the batter’s box.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 3 May 2023
• The drafting of Wiseman was by far the biggest blunder this Warriors front office has made.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2023
• The honey stuck to the wafer in such a perfect way that the blunder turned into a deliciously sinful treat.
  — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
• But the defensive blunders were among the few mistakes from the Red Sox in Sunday's series finale.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2023
• Making this double blunder so brutal is that Jake was right on Austin’s heels.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023
• More often than not, however, my name gets butchered into a menagerie of gaffes and blunders.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 17 July 2023
• Greg Abbott was among the viewers that wasn’t too impressed with the kicker’s recent blunder.
  — Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2023
• The singer quickly addressed the blunder to the audience in a clip that has since made the rounds on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2024
• In the Bahamas, many are anxiously waiting to see how the fallout from this legendary blunder will shape their lives.
  — Tim Craig, Drew Harwell, Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2022
• Trying to zigzag through the Florida Keys’ razor-sharp reefs was a deadly blunder for the Guerrero.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• But Licht quickly squandered much of that goodwill through a series of blunders, many of his own making.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 7 June 2023
• No more special teams blunders and dumb, lazy penalties.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• Hence the fixation on Simpson’s blunders, as well as all the burping, farting, and foul smells that punctuate the show.
  — Time, 18 Aug. 2023
• Take the notorious blunder in which outfielder Jose Canseco misplayed a deep fly ball, which bounced off his head and over the wall for a home run.
  — Andrew R. Graybill, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
• That blunder happened during a stretch in which the Patriots turned it over four times in five possessions.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2022
• The fake field-goal run was one, Klubnik's time-management blunder to end the first half was another, and the third was a decision to go for it on fourth-and-2 from the Vols 31 late in the third.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 31 Dec. 2022
• McAfee saw the mailer as a blunder by Wade’s firm, but not something that required him to discipline the attorney.
  — Chris Joyner, ajc, 14 Sep. 2023
• After being called fatphobic and racist, Hilton blamed the blunder on her bad eyesight.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 29 Aug. 2022
• The case has encountered a series of blunders since charges were announced in late January.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
• How a story purporting to be about the human-animal bond makes this leap to black-and-white gestures is a wonder — and a blunder.
  — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024