bumming

Example Sentences

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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

Nobody, in fact, has ever come to the Washington State Committee on Geographic Names requesting a place-name change simply because the current one was bumming them out, says Caleb Maki, the group’s executive secretary.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2020

"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