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

Summing up his life in the mid-1980s, he wrote, “I was still bumming a ride on my Academy nomination.”

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Green and Boaz aren’t the only ones bumming at Nike’s departure.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 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