How to Use clump in a Sentence

clump

1 of 2 noun

• There is a clump of bushes at the edge of the field.
• I could hear the clump of his footsteps as he came down the stairs.
• Take a clump of soil with the roots to avoid leaving rootlets in the soil.
  — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
• Its shape takes the form of a small, puffy clump of glass and has between 20% and 40% of the mass of the sun.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2022
• Stir in the pork and quickly break up any clumps that may form.
  — Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
• They can be left in place to form clumps or snipped off to make a new plant.
  — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
• After dividing the clump from the main plant, dig down to loosen the roots.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
• Fruit flies can breed in drains if there are clumps of food caught in your pipes.
  — Emma Phelps, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2023
• Teammate Rosie Brennan had left her in third place, in the thick of the lead clump of skiers.
  — Adam Kilgore, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2022
• Dan Mann hands me a clump of orange dirt the size of an almond.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2022
• All seemed good when my approach brought me to the clump of junipers.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2022
• The goal here is to break up any clumps and prevent any sticking.
  — Katie Button, Bon Appétit, 12 Sep. 2023
• Three to five vigorous shoots are enough to make a showy clump.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2022
• But at this point in the research, the cilia were growing inside the clumps of cells.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
• Dig a clump by severing it from the parent plant with a sharp shovel and leave the rest in the ground.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Jan. 2022
• Cut dahlia stems to one inch and store the tubers in the clump in sawdust or at the bottom of paper bags.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Only the tiny oval is long gone, swallowed with a clump of sweet flesh, and sailing the high seas of your gut.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2023
• The bird lies on its side, a clump of feathers no bigger than a crumpled leaf.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2022
• There was a fist-size clump of soapy bubbles on a tree’s bark, at about eye level.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
• Use a sharp knife, and cut off the new clump that’s forming, along with some of its creeping rhizomes.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 17 Aug. 2023
• The collie landed 10 feet down, its fall stopped by a clump of bushes.
  — Washington Post, 4 May 2022
• But sometimes large, white, damp clumps would turn up in the wood chips and jam up the operation.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
• Our special spot was under a clump of three Coconut Palm trees on the beach at 14th Street.
  — Allen Lockshin, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The crisp outfits — shoes, socks, shirts, wristbands, headbands, hats — cake with sweat and clumps of clay.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• Testers found the brush easy to use with smooth, clump-free application and high impact in just one coat.
  — Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2022
• This initial step ensures that the beans won’t all freeze together in a huge clump.
  — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2022
• Picture a clump of grass—a spray of flat green blades that converge into sturdy tubes near the ground.
  — Julia Rosen, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2022
• The denser clumps pulled in more material and grew larger.
  — Liz Kruesi, Quanta Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
• Dense clumps within these clouds can collapse to form protostars.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
• Too strong, and the drug molecules can form tiny clumps that would cause intense pain when injected, according to court papers.
  — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024

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clump

2 of 2 verb

• The virus clumps the cells together.
• The batter will be thick and will clump up a bit on the whisk.
  — Jessie Sheehan, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022
• The soaps start to clump together to form the blisters and migrate through the paint film.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2023
• Colon polyps are cells that clump together along the colon.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 29 Nov. 2021
• Plus, it's thinned out enough to apply smoothly and clump-free.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2021
• Healthy, beautiful, hydrated, and clumped for the gods is the name of the game with Pattern.
  — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 3 Sep. 2019
• The middle size holds 1-pound of brown sugar and even has a a sugar saver that keeps it soft and clump free.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
• The cause: The clear gel behind the eye clumps together, allowing us to see it.
  — Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 2 Apr. 2020
• Tufts of undercoat loosen, drift on the wind, clump on wet pavement.
  — Catharina Coenen, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2020
• Don’t wait too long though, if your cinnamon rolls are cold, the glaze will clump, not spread out.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2022
• To our surprise, the application didn't clump on the skin or leave any wet streaks.
  — Joseph Cheatham, Men's Health, 14 July 2023
• Cells with the Arc gene crank out proteins that clump into capsids.
  — Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2019
• In fact, fire ants don’t seek to clump together in water.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Sep. 2022
• Hikers clumped near the cliff’s edge, capturing the scene with their camera phones.
  — oregonlive.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• Washing down at home isn’t an easy task, because the feathers clump up when damp.
  — Washington Post, 14 June 2021
• Over time pillows filled with wool may flatten out or clump.
  — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 18 Feb. 2021
• Do not overprocess as the almonds will release oils and start to clump.
  — Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
• In time, the gas should settle and clump together, forming stars.
  — Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2019
• If the mixture starts to seize up or clump, heat gently in the bowl set over, not in, a pot of simmering water.
  — Catherine Lo, Good Housekeeping, 2 Dec. 2020
• The formula didn’t clump or cake on my curly lashes and lasted all day.
  — ELLE, 25 Feb. 2023
• Pulse in a short bursts until the mixture looks like small beads but does not clump together.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2021
• When this occurs, the cells can clump together, leading to clots and blockages in the blood vessels.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Crow says that it is designed to be used to break up ingredients that may be clumping around the blade.
  — Becky Krystal, Twin Cities, 18 July 2019
• Plaques can form in the brain when pieces of beta-amyloid, a protein, clump together.
  — Mac Stone, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
• The satellites clump up around 53 degrees latitude (north and south).
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2020
• Add the butter and shortening and pulse until the dough begins to clump, about 20 pulses.
  — Jessica Battilana, SFChronicle.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• Elliott had charged through the field during the first stage to clump the four contenders in the winner-take-all season finale.
  — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Nov. 2020
• The misshapen cells then clump together and block the flow of oxygen to the organs, which causes extreme pain.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2023
• Warm dark matter doesn’t allow matter to clump at small scales, in small regions of space.
  — Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 5 Nov. 2020
• This change can cause cells to clump together, leading to clots and blockages in the blood vessels, starving tissues of oxygen.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024