bump
verb (used with object)
to come more or less violently in contact with; collide with; strike.
bumps
Example Sentences
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Max Verstappen says the bumps on the track that hosts this weekend's United States Grand Prix are "unacceptable" and "out of control".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Sometimes our rational understanding of life and death bumps into a seemingly impossible presence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
“There are speed bumps and arterial stop signs everywhere.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Mona transforms before our eyes from a diffident mother of two in an unhappy marriage into the star she always could be, though not without a few bumps in the road.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Goose bumps erupted on the back of his neck.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
