humped
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of humped
Example Sentences
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Humped and prowling, glistening with physicality, Trujillo—it becomes quite clear as you watch Quebec Magnetic—is vital to late-period Metallica.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2013
Humped over the earth, with starting eyes and necks stretched to their uttermost, they were like so many boulders.
From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)
And I ceased not to look, and in a little while, the Humped thing passed downwards into the Vale of Red Fire, which lay across the Land that way.
From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope
Humped close to the tree, ready to climb up it at the first sign of danger, the cub waited for morning.
From The Grizzly King by Curwood, James Oliver
Humped veteran o' the Heart-o'-Oak war, Moored long in haven where the old heroes are, Never on you did the iron-clads jar!
From John Marr and Other Poems by Melville, Herman
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