humped
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of humped
Example Sentences
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She “scrabbled, thrutched, clawed, and humped her way up the volume, then threw out right to a bowling-ball sloper, cut her feet, pendulumed out beneath it, and matched it,” writes Mr. Tallent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
It was in a humped position while walking and seemed unable to move, indicating severe abdominal pain, officers said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2023
Yet for their size, they are graceful swimmers, easing through the water with arched dives of their humped back that give them their name, and lifting their flukes as they dive.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023
It has cloned critically endangered, double-humped wild Bactrian camels using the eggs and surrogate mothers of single humped camels, Wani said.
From Reuters • May 25, 2023
The humped outline of the vast heap of earth emerged from the empty green like a powerful prairie ship.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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