Once I was on it, I became part of it, because I did not find it; I merely stumbled on it.

Merely stumbling on the landmass meant nothing - the Norse did it, and where did that lead?

Ms. Kamsky argues that there are many investment schemes that make little sense in the Chinese environment and as a result either fail or at best merely stumble along.

Meanwhile he merely stumbled forward one step.

I can't help thinking that Mervyn King hasn't really got a clue and is merely stumbling along from one crisis to another constantly re-adjusting his predictions for growth, inflation etc.

I stumble with weariness merely from having tried to withstand his sorcery.

I merely stumbled onto a method of communicating with them.

Whether deliberately fashioned, sought out or merely stumbled upon, such forms traffic simultaneously in the universal and the deeply personal.

Or had he merely stumbled on the place as Fallon had?

Andretti merely stumbles in the Great Swamp.