How do you use the word blunder in a sentence?

Answer 1

(verb - to move about in a clumsy fashion)

"They heard him blunder against the trunk, which rocked violently."

"The tourists were left to blunder about in a strange city."

(noun- a serious or foolish error)

"She made a blunder on her science test and only got a 99%."

"The blunder by the Allies allowed the German forces to escape."

Answer 2

(*In modern usage, the verb "to blunder" is seldom used, in deference to the noun usage "to make a blunder", meaning a serious or foolish error.)

"His blunders on the job resulted in his dismissal."

"This was one of several blunders by Napoleon's opponents."

(verb)

"Not having a night light, he often blunders about in the dark."

Answer 3

You would use to say someone has made a mistake.

If you read Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem "Charge of the Lightbrigade" it uses that word.

It would be used in the past tense also.

Answer 4

Blundering- "He was blundering the play yesterday, now today, he is being made fun of because he kept making mistakes yesterday in the play."