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 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 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)
Hump′backed, having a humpback; Humped, having a hump on the back; Hump′y, full of humps or protuberances.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Each at each, and all on that, Humped and grinning like a cat, Head-bound with its bridal-wreath.
From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George
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