How to Use tumbling in a Sentence

tumbling

noun
  • One wrong step would send her tumbling to the hard dirt beneath.
    — Sarah Fowler, The Seattle Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Sent the pound tumbling, driving up the cost of those imports.
    — David Goldman, CNN, 7 July 2022
  • Then his putter caught fire on the tumbling, pristine greens.
    — Brian Wicker, Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Heat and tumbling can shrink or warp the brim, fabric, and elastic.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Pease came up very short on her opening tumbling pass, taking a huge hit to her event score.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Lee hopes to add a fourth tumbling pass to her floor exercise for the Olympics.
    — Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
  • That should send prices of the drug tumbling, investors will be watching to see if the same happens to stock prices.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Her floor routine, filled with high-flying tumbling, lifted her from eighth place to fifth in the all-around.
    — Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • However, not all items can withstand the heat and tumbling of a dryer.
    — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
  • After several months of tumbling costs, the price at the pump is going up again.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of people have the tumbling sensation— well, the name after all.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • Then they were both thrown on the sand by the shore break, along with their tumbling, eight-hundred-pound vehicle.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • One misstep, though, sent her tumbling into the arms of a backup dancer, who caught her from below.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Two super-steep slopes where a fall could result in sliding — or tumbling — hundreds of feet.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Their routines are mostly based on high-flying tumbling, strength and power.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 31 July 2021
  • The jobs report sent stocks tumbling but markets have since recovered.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Each one of her tumbling passes was landed without a wiggle or a wobble.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • We were given a pretty large tumbling composter over a year ago and no one really knows how to use it.
    — oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2020
  • After an hour of gentle tumbling, about half of the water has been vaporized.
    — Tyler Kord, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2019
  • Consumer spending was strong, and growth got a boost from rising exports and tumbling imports.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Grace McCallum stepped out of bounds on her second tumbling pass.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 27 July 2021
  • The tumbling price of oil has also persuaded investors to be cautious.
    — Peter Eavis and Neil Gough, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2016
  • When Johnson’s appointment was first announced last year, the news sent the stock tumbling.
    — Leslie Patton, Bloomberg.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The new front in the trade war is also sending commodities from soybeans to copper tumbling.
    — Grant Smith, Houston Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Like her older sisters, Hunter is passionate about cheer and tumbling.
    — Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Lee filled Biles’ spot on the floor without properly warming up any of her tumbling passes.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 27 July 2021
  • Inaba and Hough didn’t seem to love the rubber band trick but still championed her tumbling.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Higher rates have already sent home sales tumbling, made the prospect of buying a new car more burdensome and pushed credit card rates up.
    — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Key took first in jumps, Liberty was first in tumbling and dance, and Westminster was first in stunts.
    — Carroll County Times Staff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Those higher rates have already sent home sales tumbling, made the prospect of buying a new car more burdensome and pushed credit card rates up.
    — Matt Ott, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2022

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