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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Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
But Curry flubbed an inbounds pass into a bad turnover, and then Green and Butler had a rare defensive miscommunication that gave Keldon Johnson an uncontested layup with 11 seconds left.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Elsewhere in the episode, Colin Jost mocked the group chat flub during the Weekend Update segment.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Verb
San Francisco’s two-time Platinum Glove winner Matt Chapman could not corral a 103.7 mph missile from Isaac Paredes, the type of play a pedestrian third baseman is excused from flubbing.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
But Curry flubbed an inbounds pass into a bad turnover, and then Green and Butler had a rare defensive miscommunication that gave Keldon Johnson an uncontested layup with 11 seconds left.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
This time, the difference was having only 24 outs to work with at the plate rather than 27 due to their flubs on the bases.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Elsewhere in the episode, Colin Jost mocked the group chat flub during the Weekend Update segment.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Flub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flub. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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