bump
verb (used with object)
to come more or less violently in contact with; collide with; strike.
was bumping
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past progressiveof bump.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Rachel Heath said the train was "bumping up and down and then jostling from side to side like a seesaw", with everyone around her screaming.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Hoosiers suit was bumping along relatively smoothly in the Indiana court until January, when the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed an amicus brief defending the state ban.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2023
It didn’t help that Sprong was bumping up against a weekend — and a long one, as Monday happened to be Thanksgiving in Canada.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
He was starting fresh in a market that already was bumping along, not in the direction that benefits bonds.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2022
The gussaks cheered and opened bottles to toast the mythical line, but hardly had they taken sips than the windows became white and the plane was bumping along through a summer fog.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
