bump into

Example Sentences

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"She could just wander down the street and bump into one of them."

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Barely a day goes by where she doesn’t bump into former co-workers from the hospital — at the grocery store or the coffee shop or school pick-up.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

"Our approach is like taking a wide-angle camera inside the ballroom. Now we can see how the dancers are pairing up and paying attention to one another, so they don't bump into each other."

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

But they are really holding out to bump into a certain fellow Filipina in Indio.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Many men were needed to steer the barge so it would not bump into the river banks.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman