What is "bumbles"

Usage examples of "bumbles".

Her thought it swell'd so sore about her heart That needes must some word from her astart And, since she durst not tell it unto man Down to a marish fast thereby she ran, Till she came there, her heart was all afire: And, as a bittern bumbles* in the mire, *makes a humming noise She laid her mouth unto the water down "Bewray me not, thou water, with thy soun'" Quoth she, "to thee I tell it, and no mo', Mine husband hath long ass's eares two!

He goes to great lengths enlisting Fagin and the Bumbles to insure that Oliver can never gain his inheritance.

Love also fails when it is motivated by greed or self-advantage: The Bumbles' marriage and the relationship between Noah and Charlotte mock true love.

The beadle bumbles in on Noah and Charlotte embracing in the Sowerberrys' parlor, and he's shocked at seeing the "lower orders" daring to kiss.

Notice Dickens' use of suspense as he spins out the interview between Monks and the Bumbles.

They argue that while characters like the Maylies and Brownlow are generous as individuals, they are part of a culture which, to its shame, lets the Bumbles run its workhouses and the Fangs judge its criminals.

But his greed has finally cost him the public's trust and the Bumbles lose their job.

Dickens can't resist a wonderful final touch the Bumbles have become paupers confined to the workhouse where they had abused their power.

The two married couples the Sowerberrys and the Bumbles have no children.

One of Fagin's cohorts, a grim fellow named Monks, visits the Bumbles to buy the evidence of Oliver's parentage--a locket left by his mother.

He goes to great lengths--enlisting Fagin and the Bumbles to insure that Oliver can never gain his inheritance.

OLIVER TWIST: CHAPTER XXXVIII An ominous storm brews the next night as the Bumbles go to meet Monks in a crumbling building at the river's edge.

Dickens can't resist a wonderful final touch--the Bumbles have become paupers confined to the workhouse where they had abused their power.

He strides forward, skeletal-looking hands writhing together, as Fiore bumbles along huffing and puffing to keep up in his wake.

Filled with fury and grief, Travis goes to Ukiah, locates the camp, and bumbles into the well-guarded compound as a harmless good ole boy lookin' for his runaway daughter.