Synonym: fall, flounder, lurch, pitch, plunge, sprawl, stumble, topple, toss, wallow. Similar words: stumble, mumble, fumble, rumble, humble, jumbled, grumble, crumble. Meaning: ['tʌmbl] n. 1. an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end 2. a sudden drop from an upright position. v. 1. fall down, as if collapsing 2. cause to topple or tumble by pushing 3. roll over and over, back and forth 4. fly around 5. fall apart 6. throw together in a confused mass 7. understand, usually after some initial difficulty 8. fall suddenly and sharply 9. put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying 10. suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat 11. do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully.
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31. The movement only made it worse and the world continued to tumble for long seconds after.
32. By listing, you allow them to tumble on to the page from their captivity within your mind.
33. Turning point; and the world was about to tumble down around our ears.
34. Ancient economies were routinely ravaged by high inflation, which almost always shakes the political structure until its leaders tumble down.
35. Souls straight out of Hieronymus Bosch tumble down rocky cliffs to their doom.
36. A bit too frail and woolly for the rough and tumble of ordinary practice.
37. The result Kelly too a tumble and Gavin Peacock slammed home the kick.
38. With its glass-reinforced-plastic exterior, the Minipod probably could survive such a tumble.
39. She warned them the rock would tumble into the lake before preparations could be completed for dynamiting it.
40. The Bakers had to take all our clothes and put them through the tumble drier!
41. But, as profits tumble during the recession, so do contributions.
42. This tumble is not just breaking limbs - it is breaking the spirit.
43. This was a partitioned area at the back of the kitchen which housed the washing machine, tumble drier and ironing stuff.
44. In the rough and tumble atmosphere of the dealing room, nobody seemed to care.
45. No constitution is ever safe above the rough and tumble of political life.
46. This started a real rough and tumble, with people falling or being pushed to the ground amongst the debris.
47. FoE pinpointed fridges, light bulbs, washing machines, dishwashers, televisions, and tumble driers as energy wasters.
48. In the doorway stands 2-year-old Davell Payne, a few feet from a potentially fatal tumble down the stairwell.
49. And the tumble dryer, was it still turning or was it the sound of the Meloch that was always with us?
50. Even the washing machine and tumble drier have long been overtaken by advances in white goods technology.
51. In the rough and tumble of my street there was less luxuriance.
52. And good intentions don't stand up in the rough and tumble of global commerce.
53. Ideas tumble out-almost all to be discarded by noon, unfortunately.
54. There were oleanders and an untidy tumble of bamboo dwellings.
55. But it found that anything that produces water vapour - unvented tumble driers, for example - pushed up damp levels significantly.
56. Once you write your list, your thoughts flow faster and the words tumble from one point to the next.
57. One of those cowardly specimens who observably flinched in the football tackle or too noticeably avoided the sporadic playground rough and tumble. Sentencedict.com
58. As she held the cup of tea to her mouth, she felt herself tumble down into a deep well.
59. They tumble out of campers, erect tripods and hoist arm-length lenses.
60. You could put the tumble drier on at 2.30 instead of 4.30 in the afternoon.
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