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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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
Watch the players flub the Wizard of Oz clue above.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Tal Axelrod, Axios, 20 May 2025
No injuries were reported, and the NTSB found that a maintenance flub and an engine lubrication anomaly led to the power cutoff.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Manny Machado flubbed an attempt to grab the ball out of his glove, a crucial fielding error.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
Watch the players flub the Wizard of Oz clue above.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
Pam Bondi's early Epstein flub was a symptom of trying to do too much at once, and toss some meat to the base to keep them sated.
—Tal Axelrod, Axios, 20 May 2025
No injuries were reported, and the NTSB found that a maintenance flub and an engine lubrication anomaly led to the power cutoff.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Flub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flub. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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