lumps

Example Sentences

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When Willy comes back from a quickly aborted road trip, he drives his car into an abandoned commercial garage, with pillars shedding tiles, gray lumps of detritus piled up, grimy windows letting in dim light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The candies themselves looked like tiny, dusty potatoes: irregular little lumps of sweet cream with bits of coconut rolled in cinnamon, dusty and warm-smelling, tucked into a plastic tray.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

He says that men should watch out for lumps, pain, discomfort or nipple inversion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

It is covered with hexagonal lumps, containing technology that monitors how his brain is working.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

The driver took us down a street where lumps of gray snow lay melting in sunny places.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell