bump

Example Sentences

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As she told the Bump, “Deeply feeling kids are kids who experience emotions more intensely and more deeply than other kids. That means that they react more strongly to situations. Their feelings last longer.”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Dos Equis U.S. retail-store sales in dollar terms fell around 8% in 2025, steeper than Modelo and Corona’s 2% declines, according to a Bump Williams Consulting analysis of data from research company NIQ.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Bump stocks allow a rifle to rapidly slide back and forth as it fires, harnessing the gun’s recoil to create a fast burst of shots.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

Science fiction writers, for example, have long been interested in both utopias and dystopias, but those novels from Hyde, Bump and Korn were not presented strictly as science fiction.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024

Bump my forehead into the bench we made with the five-gallon buckets.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor