1.   For two days, police in the remote coastal region around Sodwana Bay had stumbled and fumbled their way into the case.

2.   He fumbled his way into the car and sent it slewing toward the road, wipers scything at the rain.

3.   I fumbled my way into the living-room and closed the door behind me before hitting the light switch.

4.   As he fumbles his way through the case, even the physical humor is mishandled.

5.   All too often, however, parents fumble their way through dealing with a child who has been hurt in a relationship.

6.   Buckley fumbled his way out jobs as the punt and kickoff returner.

7.   For anyone who once figured Reinhold had a film career, watching him fumble his way through this third-rate comedy is a painful exercise.

8.   He fumbled his way up the block to the polling place, signed in and somehow managed to cast his ballot.

9.   Still, the United States and many developing countries are watching from the sidelines as Europe fumbles its way toward nominating a successor to Camdessus.

10.   They are fumbling their way between old ideas of manliness and new demands of sensitivity.