hump

Example Sentences

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A minifridge locks into the hump between the rear two seats, and you can adjust temperature from, yes, any of the many screens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

I don’t know how you get over that hump.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2025

“If the labor market is weakening, households are more dependent on the entirety of their refund to get them over the hump and allow them to continue their spending patterns,” Martin said.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

"Perhaps we got carried away by the response to tourism in Kashmir. We thought we were over a hump but we were not."

From BBC • May 17, 2025

Every few miles they stop and set up a transceiver on some hump or ridge.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr