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    1. KA-BOOOOOOM! The shell fired by the militants explodes near the tail section, the plane shudders violently and cases of liquor tumble in every direction


    2. I imagined the space around me to be infinite, falling away from the edges of reality like the seas that tumble over the edge of a flat earth


    3. the rattle of chain and the tumble of teeth


    4. at matelot faces as they tumble down


    5. Slowly, we undress each other and tumble onto the bunk


    6. Tindairn was so into the gloss she made Nuran look like a erudite intellectual instead of the rough and tumble herdsman's daughter that she was


    7. I drop through and tumble over and over and over through the void


    8. Hipolyta had just glanced up the street from her numbers when she saw the tumble


    9. He took the brunt of the energy and sent his body forward in a tumble


    10. A gentle shudder was felt, then the rumble grew to a tearing tumble like sound

    11. And, as she stared up at it she saw a distant airplane tumble from the sky


    12. They tumble down the steps toward the beach


    13. The agency's thought tubes continued to tumble quietly in space, navigating their lonely satellite vistas


    14. Every now and then kittens would tumble past play-fighting


    15. ’ She removed the band from her jet black hair, and shook her head for it to tumble about her shoulders in wild abandon


    16. The sniper seemed to tumble as though in slow motion from the tree and I could swear that I heard the thud as he hit the ground though I knew he was too far off


    17. “That’s all you ever wanted, wasn’t it? A tumble in the hay with the farmers’ daughter


    18. do you actually think I traveled six hundred miles just for a tumble in the hay with you? Do you think I’m that desperate or are you implying your reputation is that good?”


    19. Was that what he was trying to tell her? If she were willing to take that tumble in the hay, he’d hang around a while longer? She kicked the stone again, sending it flying across the yard


    20. To Imbrahim, watching it tumble about

    21. With the last of her strength, Broshee fought her way to the very top of the tree, finally reaching its uppermost branches in a breathless tumble


    22. He'd been out hunting beetles by a large tumble of rocks when the Talisman hanging about his neck had flashed brightly, reflecting the moonlight into his eyes with a piercing intensity


    23. The move I thought was hopeful, but again my emotions started to tumble


    24. She wanted to capture the majesty of it on film, but before running for the camera bag, she needed to overcome a terrifying sense that, if she approached the rail too closely, she would tumble into the abyss


    25. To lose favor in his sight could tumble a crew


    26. It was Gordon Edward’s men come to collect the drugs! He held his breath, afraid to move: the slightest movement could tumble his chair and give him away


    27. Tenderly, so as not to tumble his seat, Edgar leaned slightly forward to peer through the window and study the approaching craft


    28. Cockroach, Truman and she slid in a tumble towards the stern


    29. One day Tommy had heard that Martha, then the village postmistress, had taken a nasty tumble from her bike and been severely hampered by the resultant lameness


    30. we tumble our way through a situation, but we must have a heart to obey

    31. the eagle flies; beyond where the clouds can tumble; beyond where the


    32. another big aftershock, it could tumble over,” said Kenichi


    33. • Stopped using the tumble dryer


    34. “And you wanted to ditch them for a tumble in bed


    35. They observe calving glaciers shedding big chunks of blue ice in spectacular, thunderous slides that tumble into the ocean producing huge splashes of water and join the submarine current from the ice fields where they are born


    36. On arrival we would tumble off the bus and get into our uniforms


    37. Then I tumble dried them, folded them nicely and put them away, just in case the police came round and asked why I was washing a jacket and trousers at seven in the morning


    38. Park swallowed his complaint, but it was obvious that he had met his match in rough and tumble negotiating


    39. If he was the latter, he could tumble the mind-executioner to the floor and overcome him by physical force, as long as he didn’t let the Gathandrian touch his thoughts


    40. Without Gelahn’s magic, the mountain dogs, too, thicken into nothing but rock and fragments of stone, and tumble broken across the earth

    41. When he couldn't look in the cockpit any more, and when he knew it was right and the figures were huge in his gunsight, he thumbed the pickle button, and felt the chung-chung under each wing as the release cartridges kicked the two 750lb cans of napalm free of the airplane to tumble to the ragged earth and splash burning jellied gasoline over the running figures


    42. Now in the beginning of a tumble, Moshe pushed his end of the pole up as he went down, and


    43. Court deliberately didn't put in enough pressure to tumble Frederick off his chair


    44. The twenty airplanes taxied to the arming area, one after the other, twenty engines blowing gas that could tumble a man at 100 feet, struts chattering and walking back and forth under 26 tons of bombs and fuel and airplane


    45. As the air rushes from his throat, Ralph twists himself closer to the nearest sparkling jewel, still just visible in the rough and tumble of the dark, and tries to grasp it


    46. He swept the mind-cane in a perfect arc in front of him and the resulting swift flames gave him a respite he could tumble through, back into the harshness of the rough flooring and the reality of the wintry air


    47. Just as he thought the water—wherever it came from—wouldn’t touch him and that somehow it was keeping him safe, the scribe slipped on the ground and began to tumble after the wild pack


    48. Others must have vanished into the great void of the valley and been smashed to smaller fragments in their headlong tumble


    49. Johan’s fingers clung to the edge of his cloak, his body buffeted against Simon’s in the headlong tumble


    50. Finally the headlong tumble came to an end












































    1. combined, water formed as notes tumbled over cosmic cliff edges, and proverbial


    2. The cockpit module tumbled slowly next to Greenstone and Tipperary on her way to the terminus


    3. Cells coalesced as notes in the song combined, water formed as notes tumbled over cosmic cliff edges, and proverbial butterfly wings fluttered in their thousands over the future-distant space of Beijing


    4. that tumbled through the glowing gauze


    5. They tumbled from old oil drums, petrol cans and from anything that could hold a growing plant


    6. They tumbled down the knoll and she pinned him down, trying to kiss him


    7. Tendrils of hair snaked over her shoulders and tumbled down her bathrobe in waves of moonlight as she flowed to the left and the right then stopped


    8. The gown tumbled to the ground leaving her completely exposed, utterly physical and utterly vulnerable, if only for a second


    9. bucket tumbled down the memorial steps, Jack and Jill nursed their


    10. He watched, transfixed, as it slowly lost its grip on the grimy cold earlobe and tumbled towards the floor, merging in the small pool of water slowly gathering there; tiny radiating circles running from the point of impact

    11. By late Saturday night she was so bored she found herself sitting in front of the television trying to brush her hair with her good hand, but when the brush snagged and tumbled to the floor she didn’t even try to retrieve it; instead she found herself weeping hopelessly


    12. Her curly black locks tumbled down his back as she hung there; limp, her chin jostling against his ribcage as he ran


    13. Sunlight streamed through the windows of his room illuminating the yellow locks of Nathalia as they tumbled down the smooth white flesh of her face


    14. One by one they practically tumbled down the ladders in their haste to retreat


    15. Held back by the hands of the Death Guards and Gunt, Solo Ki raged at the maelstrom as it tumbled over them


    16. It then tumbled away as though a plug-hole had been opened in the sky above


    17. The bootblacks and the broadsheet vendors picked out his silhouette, moving through the dawn mists, with easy familiarity, as he tumbled from his street door into the waiting cab at precisely just after seven each morning, without fail


    18. She ran and tumbled about with Orb and Danny, neither of whom had anything like her agility


    19. Wavy hair tumbled about his shoulders, as black as Dane’s was white


    20. Halfway up Shelley accidentally dropped her torch, watching sadly as it bounced off the rungs of the ladder and then tumbled to the floor, its beam erratically illuminating the sides of the shaft as it fell

    21. ’ The words tumbled out of Torbin almost as a reflex


    22. Stones from the Temple exploded in the air, then tumbled to the earth


    23. “Its lovely to see you Billy Boy how are you? Of course Bert told us you had been wounded and then your letters to Rosie and Helen arrived, have you seen Bert yet?” She was trying so hard to ask me questions that they were spilling from her mouth and they tumbled over each other such was her haste to ask them and her excitement at seeing me stood there


    24. around the world and tumbled a butterfly in Fiji


    25. What if the kitten tumbled under foot when he rose and tripped him? Alice dismissed my fears and said I worried too much


    26. More cats tumbled out of the rooms inside, but I held only a single can of tuna


    27. They all screamed except for Milo who felt oddly serene even as the car tumbled in the air


    28. For a moment, Amaranthe thought the lady meant to warn Books that someone was looking for him and that he should run, but exasperated words soon tumbled out, eliminating the concern


    29. "Clip, clap, clip, clap, I wish I had my wee red cap!" And out of the air there tumbled the neatest cap Teig ever laid his two eyes on


    30. bed, and tumbled Hazen's things into the hall

    31. The suffering soldiers, sick with inaction, tumbled into the trenches, and the fighting restarted


    32. tossed and tumbled for a long time before they put their little hands


    33. the hopeful promise of the day that they tumbled up against each other


    34. It dashed through the wet grass but tumbled over its own legs and fell on its nose


    35. She tumbled into her empty bed, but she knew she faced a sleepless night where all that mattered was the sun coming up over that horizon again


    36. The snow tumbled off of it in a shower over the


    37. A wave of exhaustion tumbled over Kay, and she let her head fall into her hands for a long moment, desperately marshaling her strength


    38. In shock, he tumbled over the lip and kept going, end over end


    39. As I tumbled down the long, stone staircase leading to the street, the tourists gave a rousing cheer


    40. Finally in control of himself again, he unclenched his fists and tossed the scrunched up note onto the pavement, where it tumbled along in the breeze

    41. Long, wavy strawberry blond hair tumbled over the shoulder of a shimmering silk blouse with plunging neckline


    42. As I tried to make it down the hill to the stream, I fell and tumbled landing at the bottom next to the stream


    43. Two large tuna cans tumbled onto the floor, one rolling on its side towards the opposite wall


    44. Travelers stopped to stare, luggage tumbled from an overturned cart and a nearby police officer unsnapped the flap of his holster, prepared for any emergency


    45. I rolled against the wall to face him, shaking with the aftermath and with all the thoughts that still tumbled through my head


    46. Chad again tumbled frantically down the companionway, this time followed by Dave


    47. So saying, they headed down the stairs and tumbled into Fred's old Kia


    48. In that same instant, she was tumbled onto her back as the boat surged to full power and leaped away from the barge, roaring uncontrollably into the harbor


    49. The skinny devil was propelled sideways and tumbled aft, while Truman minimized his skid by lying on his back with palms to the deck and the soles of his shoes pressed flat


    50. It was all too much for Acron, his arms gave out and the Yellow flower tumbled towards the water











































    1. He tumbles and flips in the dirt before stopping near a fence


    2. A few crates topple and John and Khalid end up on the floor, Russ tumbles behind some boxes


    3. Methinks the One dost well with the Other, whilst the Other tumbles so, in wild free fall


    4. The rest of the debris falls on the ground and tumbles towards Paul


    5. Jaden tumbles forward about twenty feet into the forest while sliding on the snow


    6. Then, in a flash and without any warning, the slug slips off the Administrator's nape, tumbles to the ground, and bursts into dust on impact


    7. It takes a while for his hands to follow his bidding, but at last the book tumbles to the stone floor and he is scrabbling inside the alcove for the only treasures he has


    8. Prudence screams again and tumbles to the floor


    9. As he tumbles from side to side in the circle, the mind-executioner sees first Simon, then the cane, the white wings of the snow-raven, and always the mountain hounds


    10. As in my thoughts, I step away from the rebuilding of my mind, the net Iffenia has left tumbles in

    11. He flings the cloak across its jaws and the beast howls, a muffled sound through the cloak’s fabric, and tumbles to the ground


    12. Her hair tumbles over her cloak’s torn fabric and she brushes it back at once with a click of the tongue


    13. Standing on that shore could actually be somewhat dangerous as people have been swept away by huge waves generated when a big chunk of ice from the glacier tumbles down in the river on the opposite side


    14. He tumbles aside


    15. He was not disappointed when Nancy returned a few minutes later, executing a number of tumbles and flips before landing in front of the fireplace and of the row of sofas


    16. vessel tumbles end over end; it was something which he had never


    17. Loki’s heart nearly stops as the book tumbles through the air and opens like a bird


    18. A waterfall tumbles down off the cliff near Baneas


    19. spent years on his high flying tumbles


    20. tumbles, turns, and erodes in a water torrent

    21. His body tumbles down to the canyon floor and


    22. tumbles in the air as it heads towards Willie


    23. It tumbles down for at least 60ft


    24. And tumbles off his seat


    25. It falls by no rule at all; sometimes it leaps, sometimes it tumbles; there it skips; here it shoots; in one place 'tis white as snow, and in another 'tis green as grass; hereabouts, it pitches into deep hollows, that rumble and crush the 'arth; and thereaways, it ripples and sings like a brook, fashioning whirlpools and gullies in the old stone, as if 'twas no harder than trodden clay


    26. The greyeyed goddess who bends over the boy Adonis, stooping to conquer, as prologue to the swelling act, is a boldfaced Stratford wench who tumbles in a cornfield a lover younger than herself


    27. Boggs throws up both of his hands and says, "O Lord, don't shoot!" Bang! goes the first shot, and he staggers back, clawing at the air—bang! goes the second one, and he tumbles backwards on to the ground, heavy and solid, with his arms spread out


    28. Half a minute later, she all but tumbles into Guntram’s office


    29. A junk fund could be appropriate if you are retired, are looking for extra monthly income to supplement your pension, and can tolerate temporary tumbles in value


    30. To achieve 568 consecutive infinity tumbles in a paraglider is testament not only to the refinement of paraglider design but also to true mastery of the parachute-like wing

    31. And then – the market tumbles


    32. The play-writers give us an architect who, for some reason, has not fulfilled his former high intentions, and who consequently climbs on to the roof of a house he has erected, and tumbles down head foremost; or an incomprehensible old woman (who exterminates rats), and who, for an unintelligible reason, takes a poetic child to the sea, and there drowns him; or some blind men who, sitting on the seashore, for some reason always repeat one and the same thing; or a bell of some kind, which flies into a lake, and there rings


    1. She flew off, over its head, smacking her knee on the hard shell of its big middle eye and then tumbling thru yards of splintery brush before coming to rest


    2. The paper boy took a stumbling step back, and then another, and ended up almost tripping and tumbling down the stairs


    3. He only had to watch for a few seconds before wire-framed geometries appeared around the storage containers making them look like tiny, slow-rolling dice, tumbling over each other through the debris, accompanied by the product codes of the contents and range to the junk


    4. Three Earth years worked their way by while they debated the merits of a national boundary versus integration with the native economy and ignored the iceberg tumbling ever deeper into the brown dwarf's gravity well


    5. set south across a wind tumbling


    6. Before he realized it, she had jumped him and they went tumbling down the slope before them


    7. crashing thump sent her tumbling to the ground in a


    8. Words come tumbling out


    9. Janet and John come tumbling down the hill


    10. The ladies were on tumbling mats at the far end when he entered and they called him over to them

    11. A few sniffs of the fumes tumbling off the side of Ebeneezer made it even harder to find their way to the slightly raised platform on the far side of the room suggesting a place to sit


    12. tumbling remains of the keep


    13. spare space in the car and occasionally tumbling from the


    14. Their fallen companion and the stone collided into them, creating a chain reaction of tumbling bodies


    15. `Well!' thought Alice to herself, `after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home!


    16. They heard the crackle of a broken stick, and then the skitter of a rock tumbling down the slope


    17. But eyes opened wide with a deafening crash and the low rumble of fast-falling rocks and tumbling boulders that followed


    18. When the rain was not enough to dispel the insects, the rawest desperation found him tripping down the stairway to the lower level and tumbling into the waters below


    19. Dane froze as a wave of tumbling terror crashed into him across his bond with Athens


    20. “I’ve been real sick,” he said, the words tumbling out

    21. Queen will hear you! You see, she came rather late, and the Queen said–’ ‘Get to your places!’ shouted the Queen in a voice of thunder, and people began running about in all directions, tumbling up against each other;


    22. She was only aware of the tumbling motion, the jolt – harsh enough to make her sure she'd suffer bruising – as the car hit the parched ground


    23. One afternoon when one of the collies got a little bossy, Autumn swatted the dog on the nose and sent her tumbling off the front porch


    24. They loved to climb on and over him, tumbling around on him in play and nipping at his tail with their milk teeth, and to nap on top of his stretched out body


    25. The jump was like falling into a hole in the universe; tumbling out into some place that was


    26. Hotter and hotter it became as the women concentrated on its intensity, slowly the raised it to a position about four feet from the ground where it sat, tumbling, turning, twisting, engulfing itself until it was tightly compressed and the size of a large bucket, when the ball flew out of the open window and into the small clearing


    27. “Dad! Dad!” she called tumbling onto the hard surface of the road


    28. The bullet however had a tumbling effect and caused as much damage on humans as the bigger R1, which tended to penetrate straight through


    29. Carolyn screamed as she was tossed from the back of the bike, tumbling over and over along the path, gravel tearing through her clothes and into her skin


    30. waistcoats of jolly old gentlemen, lolling at the doors, and tumbling

    31. As the driver I saw something in the rear mirror (in the middle, not sides) and the snake tumbling in slow motion into the troop compartment and on top of my constables


    32. When the wall came tumbling down and the Casspirs nose appeared I am sure he believed I tried to kill him as he cried for five minutes afterwards


    33. were in sight, but a strong wind was tumbling the dark, heavy


    34. She was running, tumbling, racing down the stairs as fast as she could go, taking them two at a time, her breath coming in great heaves


    35. Tumbling back down the hillside, Broshee collapsed in a heap at the bottom, her limbs trembling so violently that even her teeth rattled


    36. She wove for a moment, almost tumbling back down the stairs


    37. All the fears of death that I had locked away came tumbling out all at once


    38. The colourful, tumbling, rag-doll clothing told him the doctor was not among them


    39. As they dried, my hair was curled and teased and smoothed again, then pinned and sprayed until it had the careless perfection that could only be achieved with enormous amounts of effort, tumbling from a mass at the top of my head to brush the nape of my neck


    40. There was a noise from behind the cellar door - somebody tumbling down the wooden stairs

    41. Then our eyes fastened on the metal spokes slowly tumbling out of their slots and spraying across the deck


    42. Tumbling out of the ducting through the inspection hatch, they all crowded together in a small room, holding the two remaining lanterns high while Piers locked the hatch back in place


    43. He placed his hands on her shoulders and drew her closer to his body, tangling his hands in that glorious long black hair, curls tumbling over his fists


    44. Only red enameled fingertips, her head and strawberry blond hair tumbling over a shoulder appeared in the entrance


    45. There was nothing to be lost by taking out his mounting anger against this bald-headed, lying, skinny little cheat who had brought the walls tumbling down around them both


    46. work instead of tumbling into my bunk


    47. Rolling and tumbling, he came up in a half crouch, hoping the thing was hurt real bad


    48. Stuff sped by in tumbling free-fall


    49. Amonas did not have time to react like before and this time Hilderich went tumbling down the steps in a state of unconsciousness with no control over his fall


    50. Molo’s slight bow made him let out a deep and rumbling laugh, like the sound of rocks tumbling down into a river









































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    Synonyms for "tumble"

    fall spill tumble catch on cotton on get it get onto get wise latch on twig topple break down collapse crumble crumple whirl whirl around tip drop decrease slide

    "tumble" definitions

    an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end


    a sudden drop from an upright position


    fall down, as if collapsing


    cause to topple or tumble by pushing


    roll over and over, back and forth


    fly around


    fall apart


    throw together in a confused mass


    understand, usually after some initial difficulty


    fall suddenly and sharply


    put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying


    suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat


    do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully