rump

Example Sentences

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He had just separated the new Muslim state of Pakistan from the now-independent rump of largely Hindu India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Water and other specialties stay behind in the rump DuPont.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

But when the show’s first Hamlet, ambulated by an Oxford-trained actor named Dipo Ola, performs a few lines, he’s instantly more compelling than the sight of ParTeb shaking his rump.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Finally, he joined Apna Dal, a rump party formed by a lower-caste leader.

From BBC • May 14, 2023

I shifted on the seat, trying to discreetly rearrange the folds of my skirt under a very tired rump.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson