clump

Example Sentences

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Those studies showed that most of the debris from such impacts would eventually clump back together into moons, but some material would be scattered inward and remain as rings.

From Science Daily

It wasn’t normal gold dug out of The Mountain in clumps and pebbles, mixed with dirt.

From Literature

She forced her gaze beyond the clumps of passengers, to the huge plate glass window on the other side of the aisle.

From Literature

She poured a mug of water from her favorite blue bottle, brushed her teeth above a clump of grass that needed the spit, and started her chores.

From Literature

She sat perched on a stool at her workbench, using a smooth stone to grind soil clumps into fine dust as she talked.

From Los Angeles Times