Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stumble
Participle: stumbled
Gerund: stumbling
Indicative
Present
| I | stumble |
| you | stumble |
| he;she;it | stumbles |
| we | stumble |
| you | stumble |
| they | stumble |
Perfect
| I | have stumbled |
| you | have stumbled |
| he;she;it | has stumbled |
| we | have stumbled |
| you | have stumbled |
| they | have stumbled |
Past
| I | stumbled |
| you | stumbled |
| he;she;it | stumbled |
| we | stumbled |
| you | stumbled |
| they | stumbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had stumbled |
| you | had stumbled |
| he;she;it | had stumbled |
| we | had stumbled |
| you | had stumbled |
| they | had stumbled |
Future
| I | will stumble |
| you | will stumble |
| he;she;it | will stumble |
| we | will stumble |
| you | will stumble |
| they | will stumble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stumbled |
| you | will have stumbled |
| he;she;it | will have stumbled |
| we | will have stumbled |
| you | will have stumbled |
| they | will have stumbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stumble |
| you | stumble |
| he;she;it | stumble |
| we | stumble |
| you | stumble |
| they | stumble |
Perfect
| I | have stumbled |
| you | have stumbled |
| he;she;it | have stumbled |
| we | have stumbled |
| you | have stumbled |
| they | have stumbled |
Imperfect
| I | stumbled |
| you | stumbled |
| he;she;it | stumbled |
| we | stumbled |
| you | stumbled |
| they | stumbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had stumbled |
| you | had stumbled |
| he;she;it | had stumbled |
| we | had stumbled |
| you | had stumbled |
| they | had stumbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stumble |
| you | would stumble |
| he;she;it | would stumble |
| we | would stumble |
| you | would stumble |
| they | would stumble |
Perfect
| I | would have stumbled |
| you | would have stumbled |
| he;she;it | would have stumbled |
| we | would have stumbled |
| you | would have stumbled |
| they | would have stumbled |
Imperative
| you | stumble |
| we | Let's stumble |
| you | stumble |
Verbs conjugated like 'stumble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stumble'
scumble,
tumble,
betumble,
bumble,
chumble,
crumble,
detumble,
drumble,
fumble,
grumble,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stam- (“to trip up; to stammer, stutter”), thereby related to German stumm (“mute”), Dutch stom (“dumb”). Doublet of stammer. Also related to verb in Dutch stommelen (“to walk silently”). See: Dutch '
stommelen'.
Verbs referencing "stumble"
Dutch
stommelen.
Sample Sentences
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[...] packet is beset and over-run by its late freight, who instantly pervade the whole ship, and are to be met with by the dozen in every nook and corner: swarming down below with their own baggage, and stumbling over other people 's; disposing themselves comfortably in wrong cabins, and creating a most horrible confusion by having to turn out again; madly bent upon opening locked doors, and on forcing a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] she is wrong, she seems to have started forward, and to be a creature actually running of its own accord, with broken knees and failing legs, through every variety of hole and pitfall, and stumbling constantly. Before one can so much as wonder, she takes a high leap into the air. Before she has well done that, she takes a deep dive into the water. Before she has gained the surface, she [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Over such a road as this our senator went stumbling along, making moral reflections as continuously as under the circumstances could be expected,—the carriage proceeding along much as follows,—bump ! bump ! bump ! slush ! down in the mud ! — the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and recrossing it at every possible angle; and through the broad chinks and crevices in the floor, the rapid river gleamed, far down below, like a legion of eyes. We had no lamps; and as the horses stumbled and floundered through this place, towards the distant speck of dying light, it seemed interminable. I really could not at first persuade myself as we rumbled heavily on, filling the bridge with [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] here, what's to pay out here ? Here, you all—Mammy, Jimmy, Polly, Sukey—glad to see Mas’r ? ” he said, as he went shaking hands from one to another. “ Look out for the babies ! ” he added, as he stumbled over a sooty little urchin, who was crawling upon all fours. “ If I step upon anybody, let ’ em mention it. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] ground the horses had enough to do to walk; as to shying, there was no room for that; and a herd of wild elephants could not have run away in such a wood, with such a coach at their heels. So we stumbled along, quite satisfied.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] some inconvenient accident shortly after; — either a pair of ear-rings or some cherished trinket would be missing, or an article of dress would be suddenly found utterly ruined, or the person would stumble accidently into a pail of hot water, or a libation of dirty slop would unaccountably deluge them from above when in full gala dress; -and on all these occasions, when investigation was made, there [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom rose, disconsolate, and stumbled into the cabin that had been allotted to him. The floor was already strewn with weary sleepers, and the foul air of the place almost repelled him; but the heavy night-dews were chill, and his limbs [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ I know one thing, ” he said to himself, as he stumbled back in the sitting-room, and sat down; “ I'll let that fellow alone, after this ! What did I want of his cussed paper ? I b’lieve I am bewitched, sure enough ! I 've been shivering and sweating, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] to him was the gold and purple, the daily miracle of morning ! What to him the sanctity of the star which the Son of God has hallowed as his own emblem ? Brute-like, he saw without perceiving; and, stumbling forward, poured out a tumbler of brandy, and drank half of it.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)