Example Sentences

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We had this life that was mainly just bumming around on your bike and drinking coffee.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023

Her family life was volatile, though, and she left home at 15 or so, bumming around the Bay Area.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

Consider limiting your social media intake if such posts are bumming you out.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2022

The NFL has squeezed its overtime period from 15 minutes to 10, bumming out some.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021

I thought maybe I might stop in a phone booth and give old Jane Gallagher a buzz before I started bumming my way west, but I wasn't in the mood.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger