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
There are infinite ways for SNL to be unbearable: a sketch outstays its welcome, the rookie featured player keeps flubbing his lines, the writers forgo jokes altogether and instead force us to listen to a bizarre piano ballad in an attempt to say something earnest about politics.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 13 Feb. 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
There are infinite ways for SNL to be unbearable: a sketch outstays its welcome, the rookie featured player keeps flubbing his lines, the writers forgo jokes altogether and instead force us to listen to a bizarre piano ballad in an attempt to say something earnest about politics.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 13 Feb. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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