Question 1

What does "stumble across" mean?

Accepted Answer

To find or discover something unexpectedly and by chance while doing something else.

Question 2

How do you use "stumble across" in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

While cleaning the attic, she stumbled across a box of her grandmother's letters.

Question 3

Is "stumble across" formal or informal?

Accepted Answer

"stumble across" is register-neutral — appropriate in both casual and formal contexts. Interchangeable with 'stumble upon' and 'stumble on'. The image is of physically tripping over something — you find it because you literally stumbled into it. Very natural in both spoken and written English.

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