hump
Example Sentences
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Tenderly, the Walker stroked the small, humped back with his grimy finger.
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They sat where I put them down—all humped up, crying and shivering.
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The turtle paddled steadily toward her, a hump of shell glooming dark in the gray waves, and heaved herself onto the sand.
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It just had two side backseats, with a hump in between.
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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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.