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1. dated, had the odd fumble, but a bit like Destiny, that Bond girl who reads the Tarot
2. than a misguided drunken fumble
3. I gently turn the bird’s head until I am looking into its eyes and fumble for my tawstones, still in my pouch
4. He adjusted his ascot, he allowed himself enough magic that he could draw it into position on his mirror and not have to have his hands fumble with it
5. Having said that, there is really no angry and impatient God waiting on the Other Side, to judge and condemn us to an eternity of burning flames, should we fumble in life
6. The war in Iraq, burgeoning budget deficits, escalating energy prices, the Katrina fumble, immigration and controversies surrounding his chief political advisor have contributed to the president‘s growing unpopularity among Liberals and Conservatives, alike, thereby exhausting whatever remaining political capital he might have had in advancing the judicial career of a long time friend
7. Then he had left me to fumble into my apartment and collapse on the couch, hoping we hadn’t just ruined a friendship trying for something more
8. As we fumble in the black
9. The Raiders recovered a Dallas fumble on their own five yard line and took it in for the score
10. Trying not to bend at the waist, I fumble in the drawer under my bed for a clean shirt
11. She is teaching me to braid hair, demonstrating on a lock of her own, laughing when my fingers fumble
12. I want to watch them fumble around under the memory serum, not knowing who they are anymore, because that’s what happened to me when she died
13. grabbed his collar and began to fumble with it
14. the need of the moment, while others fumble, err and generally
15. I sit down and fumble a military ration and a water bottle from my backpack
16. It’s not so much that I’m afraid of all the responsibly I’ve suddenly found myself with, as much as I’m terrified I’m going to fumble it all horribly, and let everyone down, and cause a bunch of people to get hurt
17. conversation, to fumble over a dangerous line that couldn’t easily
18. that, I was sure the crew and I would find a way to fumble
19. been a clumsy fumble, brought on by his endless drinking
20. Here’s the key…” you fumble around with it but can’t…
21. He tried to fumble with a mangled hand at his tatters, and Conan, understanding what he sought to convey, bent and drew from about his gory waist a girdle of curious aspect
22. ‖ Long‘s pursed lips bespoke limited patience and a slight break in his monotone caused the sheriff to lower his head and fumble with loose papers on the desk
23. He seemed to have matured during this time and he didn’t fumble around as much as he used to
24. Don't fumble the Job! I can easily replace you with other idiots
25. Again, I had to fumble through clothing to find a key – finally found it – unlocked the shed
26. When she said nothing, it was apparent that she had not even heard his comment while she studied the scene before her, undoubtedly remembering how her husband would sit there and work on the computer or fumble to balance the checkbook
27. Shit! I fumble with the keys and they drop to the ground
28. Unless we fumble the ball badly at this point, I believe that we have the Germans by the balls
29. We’d walked the streets far too recently while our bed lay empty to do it all again and besides the only thing that interested us at this moment was something to eat and then a quick fumble under the sheets
30. exchange and he’d fumble in his wallet and hurriedly thrust the five dollars
31. fumble around in the dark forever
32. But hardly could Roopa eat what her mother so fondly served her in time, and rushing in a rickshaw, she reached Sandhya’s place only to fumble in greeting Damayanthi at tête-à-tête with a guest
33. Watching her fumble with her seatbelt for a few moments, Joel’s gaze intensified
34. He followed me to my truck and stood watching me fumble in my purse for my keys
35. pants down, then fumble with his own
36. For a moment Carton seemed to fumble among his papers, without even looking at the prospective juror
37. Madden's partner made a fumble to retrieve a knife from his pocket but was quickly disarmed by one of the defenders and he too was held by a Woodlander sword
38. The team that could make the other team laugh so much that they lose all concentration and drop their passes, fumble the ball, and make silly mistakes… then all the players would end up tackling each other so gleefully, so funnily, and have so much fun that… oops
39. "What's true?" He asked before swearing under his breath as he watched Seth Operman fumble the ball
40. It would be locked and I wasn’t about to fumble around in my pocket in search of the rental key so in true caveman fashion I raised my foot and slammed it into the old weathered side door
41. He leaned back on his heels and watched me fumble, and I realized that he was waiting for my reaction to the sight of him
42. But then we heard the tramp of men coming to the door, and heard them begin to fumble with the pad-lock, and heard a
43. Before he could even fumble at his belt, she pulled the trigger
44. She heard him fumble in the dark, strike a her
45. And she knew as the train pulled away that all these disappearing kids would be the picture in her head when she spoke before the cameras about the future of the company that was her family, and later as she watched her junior colleague and would-be seducee fumble with the corkscrew, and finally in the darkness when he began to snore and Regan was left on her own again, as one always apparently is
46. I started to fumble with the mike, but couldn’t find the off switch
47. For a moment, he tries to fumble for a lie—he thinks of everything he could possibly use to justify this decision
48. All the other historians suffer from being somewhat dazzled, and in this dazzled state they fumble about
49. The old woman saw him fumble in his pocket and draw thence a case, scissors, and thread; then he began to rip the lining of one of the skirts of his coat, and from the opening he took a bit of yellowish paper, which he unfolded
50. And in all the years that followed she never passed the fallen mailbox without stooping aimlessly to fumble inside and take her hand out with nothing in it before she wandered on again into the fields
1. Marat’s noble nose, lit a cheroot while the gaoler fumbled with his keys
2. I fumbled with the edges of the black sack covering my head
3. His guard leant against the wall and, having struck a match along Citizen Marat’s noble nose, lit a cheroot while the gaoler fumbled with his keys
4. His shaking hand fumbled through the shrieks
5. A dollar bill is fingered and fumbled into the elastic
6. Adrian fumbled one from a nearby table and held it towards her
7. fumbled in his pants-pocket and pulled out a small
8. storage cavity, but in an anxious fuddle he fumbled
9. as he fumbled with the clutch
10. Petr fumbled with his hip bag, withdrew the small
11. He fumbled with the keys in the pre-dawn light but eventually found the keyhole and, throwing his hastily packed bag onto the front passenger seat, he jumped into the driver’s seat and started the engine
12. he fumbled with the keys on his belt
13. He fumbled in his pocket for his locker key, then
14. He fumbled with the cartridges until he found a red one,
15. As for the house out back, she fumbled with the large ring, Jim had presented her with a week earlier, asking “You mean the Lytle-White house?" she pointed down the road
16. Again, she fumbled with the keys for a minute before Rob snatched them from her and headed for the back door saying, "I'll take care of it Em
17. fumbled for an appropriate line of questioning
18. She fumbled to the other key but before she could get it into the hole, Max’s
19. I fumbled through the dark, running into tables
20. as he fumbled drunkenly with its tether
21. As Nerissa fumbled to unroll the sheet of parchment, Homer recited rapidly:
22. My fingers clumsily fumbled to open the plastic bag I had brought, and I cringed at the sound of the material when I finally pulled it apart
23. He had shown confidence with my plan, but he fumbled at this
24. Scott fumbled clumsily with the connecting wires, to the concern of Dr Lichman who seemed poised to take over
25. Alice watched the White Rabbit as he fumbled over the list, feeling very curious to see what the next witness would be like, ‘–for they haven’t got much evidence YET,’ she said to herself
26. I fumbled for my cigarettes and gave one to Elijah we lit up just as CSM Domby came along and said
27. She pulled his top of, fumbled with his trouser fastening
28. inicon,” Brett fumbled, “Have failed and it continues to resist voluntarily giving any useful information I move that the device should be transported to the Science Compound at the first convenient opportunity where non-priority investigations may continue as and when convenient
29. He fumbled in the dark for the light switch
30. “This is silly!” she said as she fumbled in her purse for a tissue
31. and fumbled with her bra
32. I’d just pulled that new Lincoln out of the driveway, lit a cigarette and guess what? I fumbled around with the lighter and glowing ash fell on my coat, burning a hole in it
33. Surprised, Jimmy fumbled the lighter curiously, watching the pattern glimmer
34. He fumbled around the room again after being struck by the terrible paranoia that maybe a previous inmate had died in here and they hadn’t cleaned the body away
35. He fumbled in the gloom, and his fingertips touched thick, glutinous liquid
36. SF fumbled the opening kickoff and 3 plays later and only 2 minutes into the game, New England had a 7 point lead
37. I fumbled around in my pockets, coming up with my twenty of the night before, and I
38. She fumbled for something comforting to say
39. Longleaf lost his balance and fumbled a few steps
40. Her nickname went back to a drunken night a few weeks after their first date, when they had watched Gone With the Wind and fumbled around on the couch
41. Disoriented, Amaranthe fumbled about and managed to rise to hands and knees
42. Scrambling out of my warm bed, I fumbled my way onto the landing and spotted Uncle Hobart closing the door of Aunt Martha's bedroom
43. Alice watched the White Rabbit as he fumbled over the list, feeling very curious to see what the next witness would be like, '--for they haven't got much evidence yet,' she said to herself
44. It hit his chest and he fumbled at it, but it fell to the ground, spilling out twenty pound notes
45. Leaning over, he fumbled the mobile from his back pocket
46. I fumbled the name, once or twice
47. He lifted his briefcase, opened it in front of him, fumbled about inside, then passed an envelope onto Frazer’s lap below the table
48. Beth watched herself in the mirror as her trembling hands fumbled through her bag
49. One of its paws fumbled around behind its hips
50. Was he really drunk? I fumbled at the strings that held his breeches up
1. He walks out into the car park and fumbles in his jacket for his keys, feeling slightly muzzy, but he can still function
2. Alex pauses in the shadows of a box hedge on the opposite side of the road as Ted fumbles for his keys under the last of the working street lights, takes another hit on his flask and pushes open the gate in the small front garden of one of the villas
3. He hits the main light switch, smothering the bed-sit in darkness and as his eyes adjust slowly, he fumbles for a lamp on top of the fridge, preferring soft shadows at this time of night
4. Billy fumbles along the edge of the sofa and finds his shoes, slipping them on without doing up the laces
5. He fumbles in his pockets for the keys to the Transit, realises that they are not there and starts to feel sweat breaking out on his forehead
6. She drops the coffee on her leg, and fumbles with the steering wheel
7. However, it is the security guard who takes the book to the counter, David following, and drops the thing on a customer’s foot when he fumbles the pass to the assistant cashier
8. His heart was enlightened with the radiance of Christ; that which was taught from his youth vaporized into the oblivion, and I also began seeing those fumbles of my early immaturity, as now seen, as the path that I had to take and learn from
9. As he fumbles past her, she jump-kicks him in the back of the head sending him to the ground
10. Caught up in the moment and thinking in the wrong identity, Pandora fumbles for the best answer
11. Where are his boys? His goons? Clearly, he is outnumbered and he fumbles for his cigarette pack
12. probably to see how much it holds, Raiden fumbles the
13. fumbles that cost them the game much to his dislike
14. The waiter realizes this is a tall order as he fumbles through his apron to find his ordering tablet
15. Cass fumbles to tuck his lose shirt in while stumbling towards the gangplank
16. from Mumbles who fumbles and stumbles
17. It is bubbles, juggles and fumbles your Gladness, things to a letchard inc odyssey
18. Ill at ease, the senator fumbles for words
19. (The camel, lifting a foreleg, plucks from a tree a large mango fruit, offers it to his mistress, blinking, in his cloven hoof, then droops his head and, grunting, with uplifted neck, fumbles to kneel
20. Stephen fumbles in his pocket and, taking out a banknote
21. (He fumbles again and takes out and hands her two crowns) Permit, brevi manu, my sight is somewhat troubled
22. Etienne fumbles with the fireplace grate
23. She hands Max the key, and he fumbles with the lock, then opens the door
24. No more tiny inhibitions, and no more first-time fumbles, yet still plenty of novelty and excitement
25. The man fumbles for his keys, but the woman already has hers out
26. NICKY GAINES TAPPED on his keyboard and, after a couple of fumbles, the video projected onto the monitor in the courtroom
27. The New Orleans Saints (USA) lost six fumbles in 2011
28. Most fumbles forced by an individual in a season
29. Osi Umenyiora (UK) of the New York Giants made 10 forced fumbles in the 2010 season
30. It was equalled in the 2012 season by Charles Tillman (USA) of the Chicago Bears, who recorded the most fumbles forced by an individual in a game, with four against the Tennessee Titans on 4 November 2012
1. In old movies you would have people in hissing space suits fumbling with obsolete access codes and overcoming the dead batteries in the security system as the air supply in their suits ran low
2. ’ I said, fumbling at the pouch on my belt
3. They scattered like the wind screeching and fumbling to flee
4. Progressing through his teenage years he committed all of the usual fumbling faux pas and awkward lunges that boys the world over are obliged to do before they become men
5. She was fumbling quickly with some panels while she said, “but I know what test we have to make to figure out the answer to everything that’s been going on around here
6. of the usual fumbling faux pas and awkward lunges that boys the
7. Still staring at a spot on the floor, she pulled the bottom of her blouse from her jeans and started fumbling with the buttons
8. The quiet of the early morning, when a local news reporter and the television crews from Exeter were fumbling in the dark, has now been replaced by a small but determined pack of news hounds
9. The box was locked shut, but the other man was fumbling with a
10. Rollinthor and his fellows reached to their backs, then, after fumbling behind their shoulders, they remembered that weapons weren't allowed in the council chamber
11. After a week of fumbling at his lessons, Alec had learned little
12. "Sorry," he replied, embarrassed and once more fumbling as he sought to cram the weapon back into its sheath
13. moments fumbling about, he finally withdrew his hand –
14. Frustration grew and he growled, scrambling back to his feet and fumbling to retrieve his sword from between two rocks
15. remained silent for a few seconds, fumbling to disengage from his own vexing contemplations
16. The noise of the helicopter moving overhead drove Terry from his lethargy and he turned the starter with fumbling fingers
17. Their indifferent attitude (at times) has given force to indulgently ―tolerant‖ children, on the one hand, who have grown complacent in their (own) self-assuredness and distracted, fumbling parents who, however well-intentioned, don‘t seem to ‖get it‖
18. Fumbling them back into his mouth, he squinted at me
19. Truman's fumbling would also lead him to use fear to gain public support, since he did not have either Roosevelt's popularity or his charisma
20. Fumbling his phone from the backpack, he thumbed the screen, breath catching when he saw the text
21. “Terry,” I shouted, fumbling my way up the stairs
22. ” He began fumbling with a chunk of coke and a razorblade
23. And I was in the middle of fumbling with the magazine for the damned Lewis!
24. “Don't glare at me you little whore,” he was looking at Jade now, leering and stumbling towards her, fumbling with his breeches but waving his impotent cock in her face
25. “Yes master,” I said, spinning up to my knees and fumbling with his pants again
26. He had tied the sticks tightly to her limbs and was fumbling with the blankets
27. Such a hypocrite! I knew he was fumbling with the Centron somehow, seeing someone carrying his mark around the game board as if nothing was amiss, the game still running, the timer not yet reset
28. He shouted, “Look, Press!” and pointing at his Leica he reached with the other hand at his vest’s chest pocket, fumbling for the press pass
29. His desperate fumbling grasp helped bring her to an erect sitting position
30. In the corner of his eye, Russell noticed another small group of insects standing by the far wall, fumbling with something in their claws
31. Hands fumbling, he set his glass down and focused
32. Christina swings her arm, fumbling for the railing
33. She was fumbling about the blanket spread over her legs, trying to find the oxygen tubes
34. I try to match his movements, but I can’t predict what he’s going to do, so I end up fumbling more than I’d like to
35. And instead of sitting next to me, he lingers at the foot of my bed, his fingers fumbling over the hem of his shirt
36. I stood there fumbling with the door while listening to what was going down in the next room
37. the top of the stairs where there was a fumbling about of legs and arms amidst the murky
38. Fumbling about to remove his own pants, he then
39. She grabbed the buttons on his shirt, fumbling in her haste to remove it
40. He was fumbling for words and said
41. She would have said more, but the man knelt down before her, fumbling for his
42. realized he knew better after seeing their fumbling start, but it was nice to hear the voice of
43. this collected air of his, all while fumbling to compensate for the
44. there might come a point in time when his last fumbling
45. that fumbling on the stairs, or even running a hissing hand along
46. my hands fumbling blindly in all directions
47. began fumbling down the muddy slope that led to the bottom
48. Fumbling he placed the keys in the ignition and started his car
49. There was some fumbling and suddenly a familiar voice came on the line
50. fumbling with a pair of gloves in his hands