Definition of Stumbling

1. Verb. (present participle of stumble) ¹

2. Noun. The motion of one who stumbles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stumbling

1. stumble [v] - See also: stumble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stumbling

stum
stumble
stumble across
stumble against
stumble on
stumble upon
stumblebum
stumblebums
stumbled
stumbler
stumblers
stumbles
stumblest
stumbleth
stumblier
stumbling (current term)
stumbling-block
stumbling-blocks
stumbling-stone
stumbling-stones
stumbling block
stumbling blocks
stumblingblock
stumblingblocks
stumblingly
stumblings
stumbly
stumed
stumer
stumers

Literary usage of Stumbling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1905)
"stumbling-BLOCKS IN THE WAY OF CO-OPERATION. BT CD HARVEY, OF SAN JOSE. ... Fully appreciating that stumbling-blocks are offensive, and that the mention of ..."

2. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"I. We should endeavour to remove stumbling-blocks. ... Cast ye up, cast ye up ; prepare the way; take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. ..."

3. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1830)
"I. We should endeavour to remove stumbling-blocks. ... Cast ye up, cast ye up; prepare the way; take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people. ..."

4. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1901)
"Poor Robin, in his Almanack for 1695, thus ridicules the superstitious charms to avert ill luck in stumbling : " All those who, walking the streets, ..."

5. Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the ... Annual Meeting by Southern Educational Association (1899)
"The general failure in this 6ne subject by so large a number of otherwise successful teachers, indicates that "stumbling stones" too great for their average ..."

6. The Bible in Browning: With Particular Reference to The Ring and the Book by Minnie Gresham Machen (1903)
"G. ... a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall. — Rom. 14: 13. . . . there's Christ to serve ! —Bk. XI, 1. 647. G. For he that in these things serveth ..."

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