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Examples of flub in a Sentence
Verb
The ball went right to him but he flubbed the catch.
The actress flubbed several lines.
Noun
when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Leith certainly wasn’t the first person to flub in front of the Queen — and not even the first famous one.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 11 July 2024
The White House is bracing for every potential flub or misstatement to be magnified by the press.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 9 July 2024
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Verb
Walz was criticized following the Oct. 1 debate for flubbing an answer about allegedly misspeaking about being in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Leith certainly wasn’t the first person to flub in front of the Queen — and not even the first famous one.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Noun
Biden's remarks featured both a vociferous defense of his record and detailed explanation of his foreign policy along with eyebrow-raising flubs, including mixing up the names of his vice president and his rival.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 11 July 2024
The White House is bracing for every potential flub or misstatement to be magnified by the press.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 9 July 2024
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“Flub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flub. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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