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Plural of stumble

regular plural

The plural of stumble is stumbles.

Forms of stumble

Singularstumble /ˈstʌmbəl/
Pluralstumbles
Countablecountable

Stumbles in a sentence

  • She owns up to early stumbles, such as bottles being mislabeled.2022 July 21, Emily Hell, “TikTok’s Pink Sauce chef defends her viral condiment”, in Washington Post
  • He stumbles on the steps and falls, clumsily enough to face-plant on a riser.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 195. From the entry face-plant
  • The bouncer stumbles back, as the other bouncer grabs Tank, in a bear-hug.2019 July 8, Demetrius Divine Carey, “Section 2”, in One Man's Money: A Novel, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry squirmish
  • Perhaps it stumbles to its knees at the break, effectively losing the race at the outset.2010, John Alexander, Exotic Wagering the Winning Way, page 60. From the entry break
  • ANYONE who first stumbles upon ash is bound to want to SAVE these desperately unhappy people.1998, im__naked, “everybody`s got 2 cents RIGHT?”, in alt.support.grief (Usenet). From the entry asher

Meaning of stumble

  1. noun A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
  2. noun An error or blunder.
  3. noun A clumsy walk.

Full definition of stumble

Questions about the plural of stumble

What is the plural of stumble?
The plural of stumble is stumbles.
Is stumble countable?
Stumble is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stumble (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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