How to Use tumble to in a Sentence

tumble to

phrasal verb

• But the plane stalled and tumbled to the ground, the report states.
  — Will Greenlee, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
• In mid-June, the Dodgers went 5-11, were swept by the Giants and tumbled to third place.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• The video shows her flailing so hard, her legs thrashing in the air, that the man tumbled to the ground.
  — Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• Finally, the two tumbled to the ground near the Cincinnati 20.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
• The troopers tumbled to the ground and the car sped away before coming to a stop a quarter of a mile away.
  — Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024
• He's got a two-plane slider and a changeup that has some tumble to it.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 11 July 2023
• Tuesday night trends even colder as lows tumble to the low to mid-20s.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2023
• The night Serna died, the video shows jail staff watching her fall, striking her head and tumbling to the floor.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
• Doncic tumbled to the floor with much of his body weight coming down on Monk’s right leg.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 30 Mar. 2024
• Job openings have tumbled to their lowest point in two years.
  — Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2023
• After tumbling to the ground to complete the catch, Radocha, sprinted to the middle of the end zone, flinging his helmet.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2023
• The crowd gasped as a Washington State defender tumbled to the floor.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
• As Benison fell backwards, Maria Tran tried to break his fall, causing both to tumble to the bottom of the staircase.
  — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
• By the end of 2012, the price of a single credit, which had peaked at twenty-five euros, had tumbled to thirty-nine cents.
  — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• Keep in mind the Fed has said inflation doesn’t have to tumble to its 2% target to begin cutting.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
• Another tumbled to find cover down a short flight of stairs and returned fire.
  — Joshua Lott, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
• Automotive gross margin tumbled to to 16.3% in the quarter, the lowest in more than four years.
  — David Welch, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
• Hernández, who was not touched on the play, then tumbled to the turf and immediately motioned to the Galaxy bench for help.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
• But Ryley Parenteau’s bullet pass glanced off a defender and tumbled to the ground.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
• The video shows two runners tumble to the ground, but no serious injuries were reported.
  — Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• Its metal frame extends around each tier to keep your spirited sips from tumbling to their demise during your commute around the room.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023
• Wild Wing, the Ducks’ mascot, tumbled to the ice as Anaheim skated out, foreshadowing the team’s rough, early 4-1 deficit that ended in a 4-3 loss.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• Her noodles kept tumbling to the sidewalk below her bench, where a mouse, and then a family of mice, joined her, enjoying her lunch, too.
  — Wyatt Mason, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• With two potential runs on the bases, Conforto launched feebly off his feet and tumbled to the outfield grass as the ball skirted behind him.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
• In the fifth, after fouling a ball off his lower half on the previous pitch and tumbling to the dirt, Casas unloaded on the very next pitch, a 2-2 sinker at 93 miles per hour that ran middle-in.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
• After a Butkus Award-winning season in Athens, Dean tumbled to the third round and landed with a franchise that doesn't highly value its linebackers.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
• The control system attempted to control the drone’s attitude using the fake signals, became confused, and the drone tumbled to the ground.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2019
• Prices of some of its dollar bonds had tumbled to below 10 cents on the dollar earlier this week, according to FactSet.
  — Frances Yoon, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023
• Clark tumbled to the floor and was tended to by arena officials, a police officer and teammates.
  — Staff Report, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
• Feuerbach frantically got out of her apartment as part of the building collapsed, with bricks tumbling to the ground and pipes shattering.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 6 June 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024