"stumble" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

stumble verbo

verbo + stumble
Kolokacji: 3
come stumbling • keep stumbling • begin stumbling
stumble + preposición
Kolokacji: 39
stumble into • stumble upon • stumble over • stumble across • stumble through • stumble onto • stumble out • stumble down • ...
stumble + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 47
stumble forward • stumble backward • stumble badly • stumble away • accidentally stumble • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 12
(2) backward, backwards
Kolokacji: 2
(4) away, forth
Kolokacji: 2
(5) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(6) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(7) awkwardly, clumsily
Kolokacji: 2
(8) literally, simply, merely
Kolokacji: 3
1. literally stumble = dosłownie potknij się literally stumble
  • "In July, four volunteers literally stumbled over some badly weathered bones, and insisted that we start digging."
  • During the fourth period of waking and walking, they literally stumbled on a handcar.
  • I literally stumbled across his body and then ran for my life.
  • Fortunately, she didn't have far to go down the hillside before she literally stumbled onto the wolf.
  • We did not need anyone to draw our attention to curiosities, for we literally stumbled into them.
  • Yet they took no chances-a man would have to literally stumble over this place before he saw it.
  • "It was the same thing with triathlons, which I literally stumbled upon as a way of cross-training."
  • But he is drawn, let's say coerced, into the action when he stumbles upon the stage and literally brings down the curtain.
  • Timothy was panting by the time they reached the top, and Michael was literally stumbling with exhaustion from the pace he'd set.
  • Anderson literally stumbled over her destiny in the small town of Haven, Maine, on June 21st, 1988.
2. simply stumble = po prostu potknij się simply stumble
3. merely stumble = jedynie potknij się merely stumble
(9) suddenly, headlong
Kolokacji: 2
(10) inside, outside
Kolokacji: 2
(11) wearily, blearily
Kolokacji: 2
(12) right, quickly, easily, slowly
Kolokacji: 4

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