bumming

Example Sentences

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“Before ChatGPT, my mom would call me, like, every week, and she’d be like, ‘Hey, you know you can stop like bumming around and go work at Google or something.’”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

We had this life that was mainly just bumming around on your bike and drinking coffee.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023

The NFL has squeezed its overtime period from 15 minutes to 10, bumming out some.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021

And it left the network’s morning anchors, Savannah Guthrie and Mike Tirico, juggling tone and focus, trying to meet the moment without bumming out the audience it wants to tune in for two weeks.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

"He was probably bumming his way home. He told me he was president of your class at Yale."

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald