How to Use bump in a Sentence

bump

1 of 2 noun

• Did you feel a bump?
• He wound up with a few minor bumps and bruises from the fight.
• The car has springs, to isolate your tush from the bumps and potholes on the road.
  — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
• Union members will get an 11% initial wage increase and a pay bump of 25% over the course of the deal.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2023
• Was the criticism, and the missing bump in the polls, because of the timing of the announcement?
  — Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2024
• And watch out for chest bumps in the end zone if any touchdowns are scored by Marcus Brown.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• These are firm, yellow, and pea-like bumps with red halo and may itch.
  — Barbie Cervoni, Ms, Rd, Cdces, Cdn, Health, 18 Oct. 2023
• This Nike pair has stretchy, moisture-wicking fabric that adapts to the shape of your bump.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 June 2023
• A couple of the setbacks have even given him a bump in the polls and an uptick in donations.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
• It’s enriched with urea, an AHA that hydrates dry skin and smooths out bumps and scales.
  — Lacey Muinos, Health, 18 July 2023
• Rodríguez scooped up the mannequin's hair into an elastic band and smoothed the bumps with a brush.
  — Christina Noriega, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
• Red spots and bumps appear on your face and begin to spread downward, to your neck, chest, legs, arms and feet.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
• Taylor Swift has had a massive year, and now the pop star is opening up about her road to success — and all the bumps along the way.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
• Some had big bumps on their back; others had pus behind their gills.
  — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
• Sawyer is the first to notice, because the imagination of a kid is always in tune with things that go bump in the night.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• This marks a 2% bump from last year, when 3.9 million viewers tuned in to the Tonys’ first-ever live coast-to-coast broadcast.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 12 June 2023
• Every person comes in kind of bumps somebody else, and there’s a daisy chain effect.
  — Bypaige Hagy, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
• Services prices led the index with their biggest bump in nearly a year.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2023
• The gel is so lightweight that our milia-prone tester used it for three weeks straight and never saw a single bump.
  — Anneke Knot, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• The mom of two posted a second photo with the camera zoomed in to show the redness and small bumps on her upper lip and on her chin.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
• Our attempt at blending our kids and families has hit a lot of hard bumps.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
• Levi's got a sales bump from Beyoncé song named after the brand.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
• We are swamped in the wake of their yachts and chopped up by the propeller blades, even if the billionaires, sitting on the top deck, scarcely feel a bump.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 26 May 2023
• Warts These little bumps that appear on the skin are pretty common.
  — Women's Health, 2 May 2023
• There may be more bumps along the way, but Rozier is willing to endure whatever is next.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• In the video, Bailey wore a two-piece, flowy set that accentuated her bump.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024
• That said, it's designed to take some bumps and bruises without breaking.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2023
• That bump in the last 10 days of March accounted for a quarter of net new inflows into its wealth management unit in the first three months of the year.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
• The South, in particular, has seen bumps in cases during the last three summers.
  — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
• My bumps and blackheads simply disappeared, the texture was softened and smoothed, and everything looked brighter.
  — Annie Blay, Allure, 11 Apr. 2024

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bump

2 of 2 verb

• The boat bumped against the pier.
• The loss bumped us out of first place.
• The jolt bumped him right out of his seat.
• Be careful not to bump the vase.
• You nearly bumped me off the edge!
• I have a bruise from where I bumped my head.
• The TV show will be bumped to a new time.
• They bumped into us from behind.
• Increasing fuel costs are bumping the company's prices higher.
• For the fourth round, bump your reps up to 6 per movement and set the clock for 1:15.
  — Men's Health, 17 May 2023
• The rear has been bumped out and built up into a third story.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
• In a clip shared by the NFL, the two can be seen slapping their hands and bumping their hips.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2023
• What’s more, the wind guards also tend to slip out of the inserts when bumped or moved around.
  — Will Egensteiner, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
• The Chiefs were so frustrated, Kelce screamed at Reid and bumped him.
  — Sean Gregory, TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
• Now, the label has bumped Supreme off some bestseller lists.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023
• The easy-to-learn rules involve working with a teammate to bump, set, and smash the ball back into the court.
  — Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• That was such an LA thing — to bump into people on their way up… or down.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2023
• The Sox recognize that, and are prepared to bump a starter out of the rotation.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
• Adding the more comprehensive Blue plan bumps the cost to $55 per month.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
• That can get your care started now, and maybe even bump you up in line for mental health care.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• Hampton was bumped by the return of Kyle Lowry, who sat two games due to a head bruise, with Jaquez taking the place of Jovic.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• The minor contact didn’t sit well with Elliott, who bumped Larson back when the cars got back on the track.
  — Dave Skretta, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
• Contact deterred the big man with two of his turnovers coming when he was bumped while dribbling the ball.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• Used to bump into David Lindley all kinds of funny places.
  — Bart Bull, SPIN, 20 Mar. 2023
• Kelce, who was not in the game during the play, then marched over to Reid and grabbed his left arm while bumping into him and screaming.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• The front suspension and larger 8-inch wheels help absorb all the lumps and bumps the scooter flies over.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 29 Sep. 2023
• That ranking was soon bumped down to third after Detroit's AQI hit 162.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 7 June 2023
• All of the pieces are made from soft fabric, so there’s no need to worry about your little one bumping their head.
  — Tanya Edwards, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
• Souza delivered a two-out, two-run double in the second inning, drew three walks and bumped his batting average to .362.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
• Across Phuket, real estate prices have bumped some 20% owing to the Russian influx, says Bhummikitti.
  — TIME, 11 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024