"tumble" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tumble verbo

verbo + tumble
Kolokacji: 6
come tumbling • come tumbling down • go tumbling • begin tumbling • sent tumbling • ...
tumble + preposición
Kolokacji: 39
tumble down • tumble into • tumble out • tumble from • tumble over • ...
tumble + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 28
tumble backward • tumble forward • tumble away • tumble together • tumble about • ...
(1) backward, forward, backwards
Kolokacji: 3
(3) headlong, headfirst
Kolokacji: 2
(4) slowly, lazily, straight
Kolokacji: 3
(5) suddenly, sharply
Kolokacji: 2
(6) heavily, gently
Kolokacji: 2
1. tumble heavily = spadnij ciężko tumble heavily
2. tumble gently = spadnij łagodnie tumble gently
  • Across the silent, wet street, a newspaper tumbles gently like an urban tumbleweed.
  • A spoon drifted past, tumbling gently.
  • And an apple core came tumbling gently through the air.
  • Still another attempt failed around 9:00 P.M., the satellite beginning to tumble gently through space.
  • She thought about all the Goterie pilots whose bodies must be out there somewhere, floating, intact or In pieces, tumbling gently in the eternal dark.
  • A small pod was moving away from the Ontailian ship, obviously just ejected; it glinted in the sun as it tumbled gently.
  • He blew on a kitten, sending it gently tumbling.
  • Scraps of paper flew out, dozens, scores of them, tumbling gently to the floor.
  • Steve felt himself tumble gently on his back to damp, soft ground.
  • A yellow cylinder tumbled gently across the darkness.

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