lumpish

Example Sentences

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The contrast with Durant’s lumpish Johnny makes no sense.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

Justine, in middle age, is a compulsive runner who wishes she’d traveled more when young and hadn’t settled for Steve, her lumpish husband.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2021

As for Seb, he does talk—and how and when he talks is yet another mark of Chazelle’s lumpish taste.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 8, 2016

Photograph: Jason Mandella/See caption - free image The lumpish, irregular totems crafted by this American sculptor were outfitted here with that most contemporary and most loathsome of accessories: the selfie stick.

From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2015

It was dark out there, but you could see the lumpish shapes of the Cowgill boys hanging around the milk wagon, waiting for their paw.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck