How to Use bump in a Sentence

bump

1 of 2 noun
  • Did you feel a bump?
  • He wound up with a few minor bumps and bruises from the fight.
  • And more than a bump in diesel.
    — Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
  • There will be bumps along the way.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe there will be a new-coach bump.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Even when there was a new bump-bump-bump.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
  • That said, these phones might not need much of a bump.
    — PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • That said, these phones might not need much of a bump.
    — PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
  • My youngest skis bumps and trees and is faster than me now.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
  • There's been a lot of red tape and bumps along the way.
    — Tony Peterson, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • There were some bumps early on.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • March could still have a bump or two, but the tide should have turned.
    — Kimberly King, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Fast-food restaurants see less of a bump in sales.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Fast-food restaurants see less of a bump in sales.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
  • And there's going to be some bumps in the road, for sure.
    — CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • But gold's swing upward may come with some bumps along the way.
    — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • A lot of them have sore necks and some bruises and bumps and cuts.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Is there such a thing as an Oscars bump?
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That started the ball rolling, but there were a lot of bumps on the way.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Like Darnold, there have been bumps in the road for Lock.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Firstman is in charge of bringing the bump next time.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 May 2026
  • So, how to address razor bumps in the first place?
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 18 May 2026
  • Overtime bumps their rate to $60.
    — Tim Grant, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The photos showed the bump and her icing her head.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The road to success is always paved with bumps.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • That process figures to feature a few bumps.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
  • Anthropic's stance gave it a bump on the app store charts.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The dip ended a four-year streak of ratings bumps.
    — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Flea bites often appear as small, red bumps that feel itchy.
    — Carrie Madormo, Health, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a 2% bump over 2024 and a new record.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026

bump

2 of 2 verb
  • The boat bumped against the pier.
  • The loss bumped us out of first place.
  • The jolt bumped him right out of his seat.
  • Be careful not to bump the vase.
  • You nearly bumped me off the edge!
  • I have a bruise from where I bumped my head.
  • The TV show will be bumped to a new time.
  • They bumped into us from behind.
  • Increasing fuel costs are bumping the company's prices higher.
  • If you do get bumped, don't fret.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Now, it has been bumped to third.
    — Zack Pierce, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Well, that’ll bump the price a lot more.
    — New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Even when there was a new bump-bump-bump.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Now, it’s been bumped down to #2.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Coach was kind of bumping along.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Just bumped into him many times.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
  • Smith has been bumped down to the college ranks.
    — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • Whoomp, whoomp bumped the coward heart.
    — James Arthur, The New York Review of Books, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But, also don’t want to bump Edge.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • DJs will bump lively tunes as the night wanes.
    — Jenna Thompson april 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But the guests at the desk bump it into the highlights.
    — Rima Parikh, Vulture, 10 May 2026
  • Your team could get bumped out by another on a hot streak.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The rear has been bumped out and built up into a third story.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
  • When an apple is bumped or dropped, the cells in that area are damaged.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
  • This will bump their salaries above $101,000.
    — Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
  • When the males from the two groups bump into each other, a fight starts.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • That said, there are no guarantees, and you could still get bumped.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That caused Ruff to bump him up the lineup to try to spark the top line.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • We were supposed to leave on March 3, but our flight got bumped back.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In 2024, voters bumped it up to a half-cent.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

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