How to Use bumpy in a Sentence

bumpy

adjective

• The road is very bumpy.
• The flight was very bumpy.
• The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.
• But the stock has had an extremely bumpy ride, to put it mildly.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 5 Dec. 2021
• Business has been a bit bumpy since, but there are signs of optimism.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2021
• The past year has been a bumpy one for Bay Area gyms and fitness studios.
  — Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2021
• The ride may be bumpy, but when perfected, the payoff is enormous.
  — Greg Coticchia, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
• Another thing to keep in mind is that even positive third years for bull markets tend to be bumpy.
  — Jesse Pound, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
• Plus, the slidable lid tames splashes on bumpy gravel roads and opens wide enough to insert a straw.
  — Gabriela Aoun, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2021
• The path to endemicity might also be bumpy because of how a virus spreads through social networks.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2021
• In short: The next few days and weeks could be bumpy as investors react to developments on any of the fronts outlined above.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 29 Nov. 2021
• Ortberg said getting up and running again will likely be a bumpy process when the striking machinists finally return.
  — Greg McKenna, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
• Some changes have been bumpy, as administrators get up to speed or previous administrators quit before getting the school ready for the following year.
  — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2021
• With a background in media and venture capital, Miller steered the CW through a bumpy transformation and financial overhaul.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
• The head coach has had a bumpy ride through the 2022 season.
  — Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• The Dow has been on a bit of a bumpy ride in the last two months.
  — Q.ai - Make Genius Money Moves, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
• Stocks are off to a bumpy start in the early days of 2024.
  — Hardika Singh, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
• Either way, the new episode is sure to lead us on quite the bumpy ride.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 11 Nov. 2022
• Still, the jobs report signals a bumpy path ahead for the Fed.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
• Zip-up hoodies have been on a bumpy ride in the past few decades.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2023
• Chinese stocks have had a bumpy ride over the last few weeks.
  — Weilun Soon, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022
• But there are also signs that the road back to the Fed’s 2% goal could be long and bumpy.
  — Craig Torres, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2022
• She's had a bumpy health scare last year but all clear now.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
• William and Kate had a bumpy start to their royal tour.
  — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Mar. 2022
• My peer was a guy whose fear dated back to a bumpy flight.
  — Chantel Tattoli, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
• But the path to get to commercial flights has been bumpy.
  — Sabine Martin, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2024
• There will be times when the road seems bumpy, but never give up.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 7 Mar. 2023
• The world’s fourth-largest economy has got off to a bumpy start this year.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
• The road got bumpy at the turn of the century, as Marc and Manuel Puig were readying to take the helm.
  — Clara Hernanz Lizarraga, Fortune Europe, 25 Apr. 2024
• Three men sat in the back seat, and Diana lay on top of them for hours on bumpy roads.
  — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024