How to Use bungle in a Sentence

bungle

verb

• The government bungled badly in planning the campaign.
• The tenor Rodell Rosel brought verve and flair to the malicious yet bungling Monostatos.
  — New York Times, 16 Dec. 2019
• Airlines seem to bungle the answer to this question again and again.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2019
• But the Browns bungled the technical details of the deal and missed the NFL trading deadline.
  — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Or Sarah Snook’s Shiv, the sharpest of the Roy heirs, who still manages to bungle her own ascension?
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2019
• George Springer, who had bungled a sinking liner in the top of the inning, crushed a flat first-pitch sinker to left to lead off.
  — Jack Dickey, SI.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• No team that bungles a game this badly can be a contender.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• The Cavs had the right approach for this matchup, but bungled a few too many of their defensive exchanges.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 1 June 2018
• In the movie, hit man Shane Stant bungles his way through the attack, breaking a locked glass door with his head to escape and drive off.
  — Sarah Caldwell, Cosmopolitan, 17 Jan. 2018
• Other members of the board wanted to make sure the state didn’t bungle the reopening.
  — Kiera Feldman, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
• The trio also proved pivotal to the film's plot, bungling two attempts to kill off lion cub Simba.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2018
• The small East Texas city of Palestine bungled its first remote meeting on March 23.
  — Jessica Priest, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2020
• But this year’s Academy Awards felt more like an effort to just get through the night without bungling one more thing.
  — Ben Fritz, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2019
• Indeed, the offseason still could turn out to be a failure if the team bungles the next several months.
  — Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 June 2018
• In the first quarter, running back C.J. Prosise bungled a pass on the 3 yard line that likely would have produced six points.
  — Matt Calkins, The Seattle Times, 17 Sep. 2017
• It's been a whole year since Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) bungled his chance to take over his father's company one and for all.
  — Alexis Jones, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Aug. 2019
• Peter Van Sant: Can it not be argued that … some of the evidence in this case was indeed bungled?
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2023
• This is unequivocal good news for D.C. Let’s not let the Beltway boors bungle this.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 8 June 2018
• Starting quarterbacks are the Jenga piece that can’t be bungled, and only so many come ready-made.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• Plus, there's a higher chance that snow and ice could bungle flight operations.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2023
• As so often, Mr Trump has identified a genuine challenge, but is bungling the response.
  — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
• Local 41 also is accused of bungling the voting process itself.
  — Allison Kite and Mark Davis, kansascity, 21 May 2018
• Meanwhile, the Democrats have bungled the impeachment issue.
  — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 9 Oct. 2019
• He is said to forget key facts, bungle media interviews and drift off in meetings.
  — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019
• The state hasn't carried out an execution in more than three years, and its last two lethal injections were bungled.
  — Tracy Connor, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2018
• Too bad Megan Rapinoe and her band of elitists bungled their attempt at inclusion by dissing the White House.
  — latimes.com, 12 July 2019
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bungled the first coronavirus test and failed to ramp up testing.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2020
• With the help from an anthropomorphic rat gifted in the culinary arts, a bungling talentless cook lands a spot on the line of a prestigious restaurant in Paris.
  — Joyce Bautista Ferrari, Marie Claire, 21 Oct. 2019
• The incident isn’t the first time Syrian air defense forces bungled their mission.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2020
• More than once, though, the cases have fallen apart because of government misconduct or bungling.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024